Mosquitocidal Activity of Medicinal Plants

Monalisa Pramanik
Department of Zoology, Diamond Harbour Women’s University, Diamond Harbour – 743368, West Bengal, India.

Biplab Bhowmik
Department of Zoology, Diamond Harbour Women’s University, Diamond Harbour – 743368, West Bengal, India.

Priya Roy
Department of Zoology, Diamond Harbour Women’s University, Diamond Harbour – 743368, West Bengal, India.

Published online: 15th December, 2023

DOI:https://doi.org/10.52756/bhietm.2023.e02.002

Keywords: Medicinal Plants, Plant Extracts, Mosquitocidal activity, Environment friendly, Mosquito transmitted diseases.

Abstract:

Mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) are one of the dangerous vectors that spread many life-threatening diseases like malaria, yellow fever, dengue, chikungunya, filariasis, encephalitis, West Nile Virus infection etc. To control these vectors, many chemical pesticides or insecticides are available in the market but recent works confirmed that these are actually very harmful to environment. It is also revealed that the mosquitoes are increasing their resistance power against these pesticides or insecticides. So, there has been growing interest in the use of extracts of medicinal plant parts as alternatives to insecticides or pesticides due to their biodegradability and adaptability to environmental as well as health conditions. 

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Monalisa Pramanik, Biplab Bhowmik and Priya Roy (2023). Mosquitocidal Activity of Medicinal Plants. © International Academic Publishing House (IAPH), Mrs. Bhanumati Sarkar, Dr. (Professor) Surjyo Jyoti Biswas, Dr. Alok Chandra Samal & Dr. Akhil Pandey (eds.), The Basic Handbook of Indian Ethnobotany and Traditional Medicine [Volume: 2], pp. 14-31. ISBN: 978-81-962683-5-0.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.52756/bhietm.2023.e02.002

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