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Planta Med 2014; 80(02/03): 165-170
DOI: 10.1055/s-0033-1360313
Biological and Pharmacological Activity
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Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New York

Acaricidal Activities against House Dust Mites of Spearmint Oil and Its Constituents

Ji-Yeon Yang
1   Department of Bioenvironmental Chemistry and Institute of Agricultural Science and Technology, Chonbuk National University, Jeonju, Republic of Korea
,
Min-Gi Kim
1   Department of Bioenvironmental Chemistry and Institute of Agricultural Science and Technology, Chonbuk National University, Jeonju, Republic of Korea
,
Sung-Eun Lee
2   School of Applied Biosciences, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Republic of Korea
,
Hoi-Seon Lee
1   Department of Bioenvironmental Chemistry and Institute of Agricultural Science and Technology, Chonbuk National University, Jeonju, Republic of Korea
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received 03 September 2013
revised 29 December 2013

accepted 30 December 2013

Publication Date:
31 January 2014 (online)

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Abstract

The aim of this study was to evaluate the acaricidal activities of spearmint oil and carvone derivatives against house dust mites using contact and fumigant toxicity bioassays to replace benzyl benzoate as a synthetic acaricide. Based on the LD50 values, the contact toxicity bioassay revealed that dihydrocarvone (0.95 and 0.88 µg/cm2) was 7.7 and 6.8 times more toxic than benzyl benzoate (7.33 and 6.01 µg/cm2) against Dermatophagoides farinae and Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus, respectively, followed by carvone (3.78 and 3.23 µg/cm2), spearmint oil (5.16 and 4.64 µg/cm2), carveol (6.00 and 5.80 µg/cm2), and dihydrocarveol (8.23 and 7.10 µg/cm2). Results of the fumigant toxicity bioassay showed that dihydrocarvone (2.73 and 2.16 µg/cm2) was approximately 4.0 and 4.8 times more effective than benzyl benzoate (11.00 and 10.27 µg/cm2), followed by carvone (6.63 and 5.78 µg/cm2), carveol (7.58 and 7.24 µg/cm2), spearmint oil (9.55 and 8.10 µg/cm2), and dihydrocarveol (9.79 and 8.14 µg/cm2). Taken together, spearmint oil and carvone derivatives are a likely viable alternative to synthetic acaricides for managing house dust mites.

Key words

carvone - Dermatophagoides farinae - Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus - dihydrocarvone - Labiatae - Mentha spicata - spearmint
 

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