Tick repellent properties of three Libyan plants

• Specimens of Salvadora persica Wallich (Salvadoraceae), Pistacia   atlantica Desfontaines (Anacardiaceae), and Juniperus phoenicea L.   (Cupressaceae) were collected at The Green Mountain in northeastern   Libya. The tick-repellent effects of the essential oils from the plants   were evaluated using host-seeking nymphs of Ixodes ricinus L. (Acari:   Ixodidae) in the laboratory. Significant tick repellent effects were   observed for the oils of all three species, but the duration of action   was short. The oils were obtained by steam distillation. Volatile   compounds of the essential oils were collected by solid phase   microextraction and the constituents were identified by gas   chromatography-mass spectrometry.

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NATURVETENSKAP  -- Biologi (hsv//swe)

NATURAL SCIENCES  -- Biological Sciences (hsv//eng)

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medicinal plants

ethnobotany

essential oil

Ixodes ricinus

tick repellents

Biology

Biologi

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