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Acaricidal activities of traditional Chinese medicine against the house dust mite, Dermatophagoides farinae

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2010

HAI-QIANG WU ,
JING LI ,
ZHEN-DAN HE  and
ZHI-GANG LIU
HAI-QIANG WU
Affiliation:
College of Life Sciences, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, China
JING LI
Affiliation:
College of Life Sciences, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, China
ZHEN-DAN HE
Affiliation:
College of Medicine, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, China
ZHI-GANG LIU*
Affiliation:
State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease, Guangzhou Medical College, Guangzhou 510182, China Allergy and Immunology Institute, College of Medicine, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, China
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*Corresponding author: Allergy and Immunology Institute, College of Medicine, Shenzhen University, No. 3688, Nanhai Road, Nanshan, Shenzhen, 518060, China. Tel: +86 755 2653 5077. Fax: +86 755 2653 5065. E-mail: lzg@szu.edu.cn (Zhi-Gang Liu).
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Summary

Objective. This paper assessed the potential of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) preparations for using as environmentally acceptable and alternative commercial acaricides. Methods. 22 kinds of TCM, which contained abundant essential oils and showed insecticidal effects, were collected. Samples extracted with petroleum ether, ethyl acetate and methanol were tested against house dust mites Dermatophagoides farinae and their toxicity assessed. Results. The results showed that 3 TCM of Cinnamonum cassia, Eugenia caryophyllata and Pogostemon cablin have higher activity, and the parallel tests showed that the petroleum ether extract had higher activities (0·0046 mg/cm2, 0·005 mg/cm2 and 0·006 mg/cm2 respectively, 24 h, LD50) than the extracts of ethyl acetate and methanol. The acaricidal activity of the ethyl acetate extracts from C. cassia, P. cablin and Asarum sieboldii (0·00144 mg/cm2, 0·00347 mg/cm2 and 0·05521 mg/cm2 respectively, 24 h, LD50) were almost comparable to that of benzyl benzoate and dibutyl phthalate. However, the methanolic extracts of were less effective. Conclusions. This study shows the use of extracts with petroleum ether of C. cassia, P. cablin and E. caryophyllata as eco-friendly biodegradable agents for the control of the house dust mite.

Keywords

natural acaricidestraditional Chinese medicineextractshouse dust miteDermatophagoides farinaemode of action
Type
Research Article
Information
Parasitology , Volume 137 , Issue 6 , May 2010 , pp. 975 - 983
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2010

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