Review Article

Terpenes: Natural Products for Controlling Insects of Importance to Human Health—A Structure-Activity Relationship Study

Table 2

Calculated molecular descriptors for alcohol and ketone compounds used in QSAR analysis of the ovicidal activity against Pediculus humanus capitis.

CompoundsBP

Linalool198.5
Benzyl alcohol204.7
Menthol215.3
Isomenthol215.4
Geraniol229.49
Menthone205
Camphor207.4
Nonyl alcohol211.6
Citronellol224.5

The descriptors were calculated by ChemAxon and ChemSpider software.
The data on lice were obtained by Toloza [13].