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Arthropod repellency, especially tick (Ixodes ricinus), exerted by extract from Artemisia abrotanum and essential oil from flowers of Dianthus caryophyllum.

Tunón H, Thorsell W, Mikiver A, Malander I

Swedish Biodiversity Centre, Box 7007, 750 07 Uppsala, Sweden. hakan.tunon@cbm.slu.se

A toluene extract of southernwood (Artemisia abrotanum) and the essential oil from flowers of carnation (Dianthus caryophyllum ) exerted pronounced a repellent effect both against ticks (nymphs of Ixodes ricinus) and yellow fever mosquitoes (Aedes aegypti). The most potent repellents found were coumarin and thujyl alcohol from A. abrotanum and phenylethanol from D. caryophyllum where coumarin and thujyl alcohol were also detected.

Published 5 June 2006 in Fitoterapia, 77(4): 257-61.
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