Evaluation of larvicidal enhanced activity of sandalwood oil via nano-emulsion against Culex pipiens and Ades aegypti.

ABSTRACT: Mosquito control with essential oils is a trending strategy using aqueous oil nano-emulsions to expand their performance. Sandalwood essential oil and its prepared nano-emulsion used to estimate their larvicidal activities against the 3rd instar larvae of Culex pipiens and Aedes aegypti and their effects on larval tissue detoxifying enzymes. Sandalwood nano-emulsion was characterized by homogeneous, stable, average particles size (195.7 nm), polydispersity index (0.342), and zeta potential (-20.1 mV). Morphologically showed a regular spherical shape in size ranged from 112 to 169 nm that confirmed via scanning electron microscopy. Oil analysis identified sesquiterpene alcohols, mainly santalols, terpenoids, aromatic compounds, fatty acid methyl esters, and phenolic compounds.

SUBMITTER: Bosly HAE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9523098 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature