Essential oil with mosquito-repellent potential from plectranthus amboinicus leaves against aedes aegypti via human volunteer study

• Main Authors: Rizafizah Othaman,, Sumathy Raghavan,, Rozida Mohd Khalid,, Nabhan Sharer,, Muntaz Abu Bakar,
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2024
• Online Access: http://journalarticle.ukm.my/24483/1/SS%201.pdf; http://journalarticle.ukm.my/24483/; https://www.ukm.my/jsm/english_journals/vol53num9_2024/contentsVol53num9_2024.html

Plectranthus amboinicus (PA) is a highly aromatic perennial shrub that belongs to the Lamiaceae family. It has thick, f leshy and succulent leaves and stem. The margins of the leaves contain numerous glandular hairs that produce essential oil. The essential oil of PA(PAEO) exhibits therapeutical, nu...