Mosquitoes are blood-feeding insects and serve as the most important vectors for spreading human diseases, such as malaria, yellow fever, dengue fever, and filariasis Control of such diseases is becoming increasingly difficult because of increasing resistance of mosquitoes to pesticides. An alternative approach for mosquito control is the use of natural products of plant origin. Humans have used plant parts, products and metabolites in vector control since early historical times. Plants are the chemical factories of nature, producing many chemicals, some of which have medicinal and...
Mosquitoes are blood-feeding insects and serve as the most important vectors for spreading human diseases, such as malaria, yellow fever, dengue fever...