Acaricidal effects of the essential oil of Origanum minutiflorum (Lamiaceae) against Rhipicephalus turanicus (Acari: Ixodidae)

Vet Parasitol. 2009 Mar 23;160(3-4):359-61. doi: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2008.11.009. Epub 2008 Nov 13.

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

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Arachnid Vectors / drug effects*
  • Arachnid Vectors / growth & development
  • Cymenes
  • Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
  • Female
  • Insecticides / pharmacology*
  • Male
  • Monoterpenes / isolation & purification
  • Monoterpenes / pharmacology
  • Oils, Volatile / pharmacology*
  • Origanum / chemistry
  • Rhipicephalus / drug effects*
  • Rhipicephalus / growth & development
  • Time Factors
  • Volatilization

Substances

  • Cymenes
  • Insecticides
  • Monoterpenes
  • Oils, Volatile
  • origanum oil
  • carvacrol