Repellency property of long chain aliphatic methyl ketones against Anopheles gambiae s.s
| dc.contributor.author | INNOCENT, E. | |
| dc.contributor.author | GIKONYO, N.K. | |
| dc.contributor.author | NKUNYA, M.H.H. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2013-09-25T09:43:46Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2013-09-25T09:43:46Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2008 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Long chain aliphatic methyl ketone series of C7-C15 were tested for repellency activity against the malaria transmitting mosquito Anopheles gambiae s.s. All methyl ketones produced a dose dependent (P<0.001) repellency response with 2-tridecanone giving comparable protection efficacy to DEET at 10% and 1% concentrations. Aliphatic methyl ketones of C7-C10 had lower activity than those of C11-C15. However, within this range compounds with odd carbon atoms (2-undecanone, 2-tridecanone and 2-pentadecanone) were more effective than compounds with even carbon atoms (2-decanone and 2- dodecanone). Comparable repellency activity of 2-tridecanone to DEET show that, it may save as Anopheles gambiae s.s. mosquito repellent. | en_GB |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/1343 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_GB |
| dc.publisher | Tanzania Journal of Health Research | en_GB |
| dc.subject | Anopheles gambiae s.s. | en_GB |
| dc.subject | Insect repellents | en_GB |
| dc.subject | Long chain aliphatic methyl ketones | en_GB |
| dc.title | Repellency property of long chain aliphatic methyl ketones against Anopheles gambiae s.s | en_GB |
| dc.type | Article | en_GB |