Monoterpenes from thyme (Thymus vulgaris) as potential mosquito repellents

Byeoung Soo Park; Won Sik Choi; Jeong Han Kim; Kap Ho Kim; Sung Eun Lee

doi:10.2987/8756-971X(2005)21[80:MFTTVA]2.0.CO;2

Monoterpenes from thyme (Thymus vulgaris) as potential mosquito repellents

Byeoung Soo Park, Won Sik Choi, Jeong Han Kim, Kap Ho Kim, Sung Eun Lee

School of Applied Bioscience

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Abstract

Five monoterpenes (carvacrol, p-cymene, linalool, α-terpinene, and thymol) derived from the essential oil of thyme (Thymus vulgaris) were examined for their repellency against the mosquito Culex pipiens pollens. All 5 monoterpenes effectively repelled mosquitoes based on a human forearm bioassay. α-Terpinene and carvacrol showed significantly greater repellency than a commercial formulation, N,N-diethyl-m-methylbenzamide (deet), whereas thymol showed similar repellency to that of deet. The duration of repellency after application for all these monoterpenes was equal to or higher than that of deet. These findings indicate that a spray-type solution containing 2% α-terpinene may serve as an alternative mosquito repellent.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	80-83
Number of pages	4
Journal	Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association
Volume	21
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.2987/8756-971X(2005)21[80:MFTTVA]2.0.CO;2
State	Published - Mar 2005

Keywords

α-Terpinene
Culex pipiens pallens
Mosquito repellent

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