Traditional Uses, Phytochemistry, and Bioactivities of Mesosphaerum suaveolens (L.) Kuntze

Table 4

Repellent activities of Mesosphaerum suaveolens (L.) Kuntze (Lamiaceae).

Extract/parts of the plant	Assay	Insecticidal activity	Citation
Aerial parts essential oil	Contact	Amblyomma cajennense (EC50 0.55 mg/cm²)	[23]
Crushed leaves	Fumigation	Callosobruchus maculatus (repellency from 5 minutes of exposure)	[146]
Leaf essential oil	Fumigation	Anopheles gambiae (98% repellency rate at 6% concentration)	[152]
Fresh leaves	Contact	Anopheles gambiae (repellency rate 66.5%)	[153]
Leaf essential oil	Fumigation	Sitophilus granarius (repellency rate 40% at 100% concentration)	[154]
Leaf ethyl acetate extract	Contact	Aedes aegypti (repellency rate of 78.8% for 500 μl)	[155]
Crushed leaves (1) and twigs (2)	Contact	Callosobruchus maculatus: 1: repellency index: 0.11; 2: repellency index: 0.2	[156]
Leaf essential oil	Fumigation	Anopheles sp. (67% repellency rate at 6.3 μg/ml concentration)	[157]
Leaf essential oil	Fumigation	Ixodes ricinus (repellency rate 93% at 10% concentration)	[158]