The Acaricidal and Repellent Effect of Cinnamon Essential Oil against House Dust Mite
The major source of allergy in home is the house dust
mite (Dematophagoides farina, Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus)
causing allergic symptom include atopic dermatitis, asthma, perennial
rhinitis and even infant death syndrome.
Control of this mite species is dependent on the use of chemical
methods such as fumigation treatments with methylene bromide,
spraying with organophosphates such as pirimiphos-methyl, or
treatments with repellents such as DEET and benzyl benzoate.
Although effective, their repeated use for decades has sometimes
resulted in development of resistance and fostered environmental and
human health concerns. Both decomposing animal parts and the
protein that surrounds mite fecal pellets cause mite allergy. So it is
more effective to repel than to kill them because allergen is not living
house dust mite but dead body or fecal particles of house dust mite.
It is important to find out natural repellent material against house
dust mite to control them and reduce the allergic reactions. Plants may
be an alternative source for dust mite control because they contain a
range of bioactive chemicals.
The research objectives of this paper were to verify the acaricidal
and repellent effects of cinnamon essential oil and to find out it-s most
effective concentrations. We could find that cinnamon bark essential
oil was very effective material to control the house dust mite.
Furthermore, it could reduce chemical resistance and danger for
human health.
[1] L. G Arlian, "Arthropod Allergens and human health", Ann. Rev.
Entomol. Vol 47, 2002, pp. 395-433.
[2] W. J. Jr. Hayes., and E. R. Laws. Jr., "Handbook of pesticide
Toxicology", Academic press, 1991
[3] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_dust_mite
[4] M. Nadchatram. "House dust mites, our intimate associates", Tropical
Biomedicine 22(1), 2005, pp. 23-37.
[5] The Patient Education Institute, Inc, " X-Plain Dust Mite Allergy
Reference Summary", 2008
[6] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinnamon
[7] Sen-Sung Cheng, Ju-Yun Liu, Kun-Hsien Tsai, Wei-June Chen, and
Shang-Tzen Chang, "Chemical Composition and Mosquito Larvicidal
Activity of Essential Oils from Leaves of Different Cinnamomum
osmophloeum Provenances", J. Agric. Food Chem., 52 (14), 2004,pp
4395-4400
[1] L. G Arlian, "Arthropod Allergens and human health", Ann. Rev.
Entomol. Vol 47, 2002, pp. 395-433.
[2] W. J. Jr. Hayes., and E. R. Laws. Jr., "Handbook of pesticide
Toxicology", Academic press, 1991
[3] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_dust_mite
[4] M. Nadchatram. "House dust mites, our intimate associates", Tropical
Biomedicine 22(1), 2005, pp. 23-37.
[5] The Patient Education Institute, Inc, " X-Plain Dust Mite Allergy
Reference Summary", 2008
[6] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinnamon
[7] Sen-Sung Cheng, Ju-Yun Liu, Kun-Hsien Tsai, Wei-June Chen, and
Shang-Tzen Chang, "Chemical Composition and Mosquito Larvicidal
Activity of Essential Oils from Leaves of Different Cinnamomum
osmophloeum Provenances", J. Agric. Food Chem., 52 (14), 2004,pp
4395-4400
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mite (Dematophagoides farina, Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus)
causing allergic symptom include atopic dermatitis, asthma, perennial
rhinitis and even infant death syndrome.
Control of this mite species is dependent on the use of chemical
methods such as fumigation treatments with methylene bromide,
spraying with organophosphates such as pirimiphos-methyl, or
treatments with repellents such as DEET and benzyl benzoate.
Although effective, their repeated use for decades has sometimes
resulted in development of resistance and fostered environmental and
human health concerns. Both decomposing animal parts and the
protein that surrounds mite fecal pellets cause mite allergy. So it is
more effective to repel than to kill them because allergen is not living
house dust mite but dead body or fecal particles of house dust mite.
It is important to find out natural repellent material against house
dust mite to control them and reduce the allergic reactions. Plants may
be an alternative source for dust mite control because they contain a
range of bioactive chemicals.
The research objectives of this paper were to verify the acaricidal
and repellent effects of cinnamon essential oil and to find out it-s most
effective concentrations. We could find that cinnamon bark essential
oil was very effective material to control the house dust mite.
Furthermore, it could reduce chemical resistance and danger for
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