1992
DOI: 10.3109/13880209209054622
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Essential Oils ofLippiaSpecies in Kenya. IV: Maize Weevil (Sitophilus Zeamais) Repellancy and Larvicidal Activity

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“…Major components in the essential oil were reported to be myrcenone, myrcene and (E)-and (Z)-tagetenone (Fujita, 1965;Mwangi et al, 1991Mwangi et al, , 1992Velasco-Negeureula et al, 1993;Terblanché and Kornelius, 1996). Neidlein and Staehle (1974) reported the components of Lippia javanica as caryophyllene, linalool and p-cymene while Chagonda et al (2000) reported variations in major essential compounds for Lippia javanica samples taken from the same location in Zimbabwe e.g.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 96%
“…Major components in the essential oil were reported to be myrcenone, myrcene and (E)-and (Z)-tagetenone (Fujita, 1965;Mwangi et al, 1991Mwangi et al, , 1992Velasco-Negeureula et al, 1993;Terblanché and Kornelius, 1996). Neidlein and Staehle (1974) reported the components of Lippia javanica as caryophyllene, linalool and p-cymene while Chagonda et al (2000) reported variations in major essential compounds for Lippia javanica samples taken from the same location in Zimbabwe e.g.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 96%
“…In other parts of Africa, L. javanica is used for the treatment of malaria, tapeworm infestations, 2 skin eruptions, 3 colds and abdominal pains. 4 Previous studies revealed that L. javanica extracts had a weak molluscicidal activity, 5 while the essential oil was repellent to mosquitoes 6 and crop pest insects, 7 and lethal to mosquito larvae. 7 Chemical composition analyses of various essential oils of Lippia javanica revealed the presence of myrcene, linalool, limonene, caryophyllene, piperitenone, 8 8 The present investigation deals with two populations of L. javanica collected from the same locality in Mbeya region, but possessing two distinct odours.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…La plante est originaire de Gambie, où elle est confinée dans les savanes guinéennes et soudano-guinéennes (Mwangui et al, 1991). Elle appartient à la famille des Verbenaceae.…”
Section: Materielunclassified
“…La plante se développe dans plusieurs zones agro-écologiques d'Afrique subtropicale (Coffi, 1995), principalement dans la savane de guinée et dans les zones de transition ou zones côtières de la savane préforestière (Jim et al, 2001). Elle est cultivée pour ses feuilles qui présentent des potentialités économiques à cause d'une diversité d'usages : alimentaires (Terblanche et Kornelius, 1996), médicales (Benoit et al, 1996), pesticides (Porspi, 1992), pharmacologiques (Noamesi et al, 1985et Mwangui et al, 1991 et cosmétiques (Oladimeji et al, 2000). En dépit de cet intérêt grandissant, les feuilles demeurent toujours un produit de cueillette alors que sa commercialisation par de jeunes filles ambulantes prend de l'importance.…”
Section: Introductionunclassified