Department of Biological Science, Federal University of Health Sciences, Otukpo Benue State, Nigeria
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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