Abstract

COMPARATIVE AND BENEFICIARY ASSESSMENT ON NATURAL MOSQUITO REPELLENT OVER SYNTHETIC MOSQUITO REPELLENT – A REVIEW

Thiruvengadarajan V. S.*, Dibesh S., Shri Varshini P., Soundar N. M. and Rajasekaran A.

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Abstract

The aim of the present study is to compare synthetic and natural repellents, causes of synthetic repellents and why the natural repellents are safe for human use. Synthetic repellents like DEET, picaridin, allethrin, IR 3535, permethrin and bog myrtle are the agents which causes various diseases like dermatitis, allergic reactions, neurologic and cardiovascular toxicities such as seizures some of them are toxic to aquatic life and other negative health effects such as encephalopathy, tremor, slurred speech, behavioural abnormalities, coma and even death also have been reported. A variety of negative health outcomes like respiratory and neurological complications occurred by the usage of synthetic repellents when compared to synthetic repellents natural repellents doesn’t cause any side effects so we conclude that natural repellents are safer than synthetic repellents.

Keywords: Synthetic mosquito repellents, Natural mosquito repellents, DEET, Clove oil, Lemon oil.