Essential oils for the development of eco-friendly mosquito larvicides: A review

Green-Synthesized Mosquito Oviposition Attractants and Ovicides: Towards a Nanoparticle-Based “Lure and Kill” Approach?

“…In latest years, a growing number of evidences have been provided about the larvicidal efficacy of plant-fabricated nanolarvicides, while only moderate efforts focused on their ovicidal potential and oviposition manipulation activity [17,36]. Each plant material containing unique bioactivity including repellent, larvicidal, ovicidal, and adulticidal activity, thus their efficacy of nanosynthetical routes varies from species to species and also according to the tested plant parts [1,2,37,38]. Combination of nanoparticles with bioactive principles bestows improved efficiency.…”

Development and Evaluation of Poly Herbal Molluscicidal Extracts for Control of Apple Snail (Pomacea maculata)

“…Synthetic molluscicides are known for their knock-down effect; however, their negative impact on the environment and the high costs of application have stimulated interest in the search for plant-derived molluscicides which are target specific, and environmentally and toxicologically safe [9][10][11]. Botanical pesticides have long been explored as effective alternatives to synthetic chemical counterparts due to their low toxicity to non-target organisms, their biodegradability, and due to them being less expensive in their crude form, in addition to the prevention of development of resistance against phytochemical mixtures [12][13][14][15]. Moreover, botanical pesticides are easily obtainable and more associated with indigenous self-sufficient pest snail control strategies than their imported synthetic pesticides.…”

BIOLOGICAL PROPERTIES OF Eugenia uniflora L. ESSENTIAL OIL: CHEMICAL COMPOSITION AND ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY

“…In addition to possessing antimicrobial, anticancer and insecticide activity, being a great economic interest due to the use in general industry (5,6,7). It is not yet completely understood the antibacterial mechanism of essential oils, being probably linked to injuries on lipophilic compounds of bacterial membrane, similar the action of some semisynthetic products, like amoxicillin.…”

“…Education in health is strictly connected to the promotion of health and, thus, it is essential the preparation of students and professionals to deal with aspects that relate to palliative care, once diseases and death phenomena are seen with frequency on their daily lives (7,8). In this scenario, the acquisition of knowledge and skills in palliative care are paramount and, as a consequence, the scarcity of education and training consists in a barrier for integration of palliative care in the healthcare system (9).…”