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    Mosquito Repellent

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    TITLE Atis (Anona squamosa) leaves as Mosquito Repellent PURPOSE The shocking increase of dengue incidents year after year is a concern of our local health department and the society. Studies show that most incidents affect children and adolescent people. Commercially‚ there are various products of mosquito repellents readily available for consumers but most of them are highly made from chemicals that are damaging to the skin and are expensive‚ making it less accessible to most people. This

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    insect repellent

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    An insect repellent is a substance applied to skin‚ clothing‚ or other surfaces which discourages insects (and arthropods in general) from landing or climbing on that surface. There are also insect repellent products available based on sound production‚ particularly ultrasound (inaudibly high frequency sounds). These electronic devices have been shown to have no effect as a mosquito repellent by studies done by the EPA and many universities.[1] Insect repellents help prevent and control the outbreak

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    & is practical. B. Statement Of Problem • How can we make an All-Natural Insect Repellent which is affordable and environment-friendly? • Will this All-Natural Insect Repellent be effective? C. Significance Of The Study The researchers believe that this study is greatly significant in the lives of the Filipinos especially those who belong to the middle and lower classes. All-Natural Insect Repellent will greatly help in reducing cases of the disease and also in financial costs. In the

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    Mosquito Repellents

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    STUDY ON THE EVOLUTION OF MOSQUITO REPELLENTS By:- Rajdeep Laha Calcutta Business School PGDM 2010-12 OVERVIEW Traditionally‚ various types of substances have been used to repel mosquitos. These include such things as smoke‚ plant extracts‚ oils‚ tars‚ and muds. As insect repellent technology became more sophisticated‚ individual compounds were discovered and isolated. This allowed the formulation of new‚ more efficient forms of mosquito repellents. The first truly effective active

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    Mosquito Repellent

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    Citronella leaf based herbal mosquito repellents using natural binders Nandini Rani‚ Aakanksha Wany‚ Ambarish Saran Vidyarthi and Dev Mani Pandey* Department of Biotechnology‚ Birla Institute of Technology‚ Mesra‚ Jharkhand- 835215‚ India * Corresponding author: Dev Mani Pandey‚ email: dmpandey@bitmesra.ac.in Received: 15 April 2013 Accepted: 27 April 2013 Online: 04 May 2013 ABSTRACT Citronella grass has been serving from years as a mosquito repellent in the field of ancient and modern

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    Insect Repellent

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    Synthetic repellents tend to be more effective and/or longer lasting than "natural" repellents.[9][10] In comparative studies‚ IR3535 was as effective or better than DEET in protection against mosquitoes.[11] However‚ some plant-based repellents may provide effective relief as well.[9][10][12] Essential oil repellents can be short-lived in their effectiveness‚ since essential oils can evaporate completely. A test of various insect repellents by an independent consumer organization found that repellents

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    Mosquito Repellent

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    CHAPTER 1 THE PROBLEM AND ITS SCOPE Rationale of the study There are more than 3 000 known mosquito species. However‚ of the 150 species that are potential vectors‚ only 30 are considered dangerous. The three genera Anopheles‚ Aedes and Culex‚ from three sub-families‚ are disease relevant. The epidemiology and the life cycle stages demonstrate the importance of climatic factors and that water is the essential environmental component for mosquitoes. The immature

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    to prevent mosquitoes is to use Mosquito Repellent. This is the reason why the researchers want to make an alternative Mosquito Repellent. There are many commercial Mosquito Repellent available in the market. The commonly used commercial Mosquito Repellent in the Philippines is quite unaffordable and use chemical that may cause irritation. The researchers planned to use natural ingredients. Since the ingredient to be use is natural‚ the Mosquito Repellent to be made is more affordable and environmental

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    Mosquito Repellent Industry

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    MOSQUITO REPELLENT INDUSTRY- OVERVIEW Its sole reason for existence in the market is the omnipresent mosquito‚ which makes life excruciatingly difficult for the average Indian during summer and monsoon months. In many ways the primary factor fuelling the explosive growth of this market – characterized by low brand loyalty and low product involvement –has been the availability of cost-effective‚ mosquito repellents. The night-long noisy drone of mosquitoes that disturbs our sleep is music to the

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    CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION …………………………………………. BIBILIOGRAPHY ………………………………………………………………………………. Natural “KATOL”: From Extracted and Dried IPIL-IPIL ABSTRACT Mosquito repellents are essentially required these days. Mosquito coils are one of the cheapest and effective way of avoiding them‚ but this coils are made up of chemicals which can harm our health. So we thought about making a substitute mosquito coil that is not harmful to our health and that is the Ipil-Ipil katol‚ a natural and environmental

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