Abstract
The acaricidal effects of the volatile essential oil Origanum minutiflorum O. Schwarz & P.H. Davis (Lamiaceae) against adult Rhipicephalus turanicus was evaluated at a variety of concentrations and exposure times. Generally tick mortality increased with concentration and exposure. Ticks exposed to vapors from cotton wicks containing at least 10mul/L resulted in complete (100%) mortality at 120min. The major constituent of essential oil obtained from the plant material of O. minutiflorum was carvacrol.
Publication types
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Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
MeSH terms
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Animals
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Arachnid Vectors / drug effects*
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Arachnid Vectors / growth & development
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Cymenes
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Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
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Female
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Insecticides / pharmacology*
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Male
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Monoterpenes / isolation & purification
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Monoterpenes / pharmacology
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Oils, Volatile / pharmacology*
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Origanum / chemistry
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Rhipicephalus / drug effects*
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Rhipicephalus / growth & development
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Time Factors
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Volatilization
Substances
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Cymenes
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Insecticides
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Monoterpenes
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Oils, Volatile
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origanum oil
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carvacrol