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Environmental & Analytical Toxicology

ISSN: 2161-0525

Open Access

Elizabeth Ogbe

Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

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  • Original Research Article   
    COMPARATIVE STUDY OF FORMULATED MOSQUITO REPELLANT GEL WITH CONVENTIONAL MARKET GEL
    Author(s): Idoko Ogbe*, Okan Ehgomare Hillary, Jennifer Ene Idoko, Ogbonye Chinedu Onyemaechi and Elizabeth Ogbe

    Synthetic chemical mosquito repellents based on deet were discovered to be harmful to persons suffering from diseases such as urea cycle disorders and thus cause contraindication in humans. These worrisome conditions necessitated the search for natural mosquito repellents that is cheap, effective, non-toxic, environment-friendly, and biodegradable. The global needs inspired the passion to research on mosquito repellant gel formulation using carbopol 940 prepared from oils obtained from essential plant of lemongrass, black pepper, turmeric, ginger, nimes and garlic and further evaluating the formulated gels repellence, appearance, PH, viscosity, spread ability, and swelling index. The mosquito repellent potential was evaluated and simultaneously compared with the positive control (bnc). In many developing nations of the world including nigeria, majority of the p.. Read More»

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