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Acaricidal activity of Cymbopogon citratus and Azadirachta indica against house dust mites

Hanifah AL 1 , Awang SH , Ho TM 2 , Abidin SZ , Omar MH

Affiliations 

  • 1 Acarology Unit, Infectious Disease Research Center, Institute for Medical Research, Jalan Pahang, 50588 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  • 2
Asian Pac J Trop Biomed, 2011 Oct;1(5):365-9.
PMID: 23569794 DOI: 10.1016/S2221-1691(11)60081-6

Abstract

To examine the acaricidal effects of the essential oil of Cymbopogon citratus leaf extract (lemongrass) and ethanolic Azadirachta indica leaf extract (neem) against house dust mites Dermatophagoides farinae (D. farinae) and Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus (D. pteronyssinus).

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