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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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    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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    MOSQUITO REPELLENT

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    Division of Laguna District of San Pedro PACITA COMPLEX NATIONAL HIGHSCHOOL Sampaguita St. Phase. 6A-1 Pacita Complex I Brgy. San Vicente San Pedro‚ Laguna Tel. and fax No. (02) 8475316 E-mail: pcnhs_m2c99@yahoo.com OREGANO MOSQUITO REPELLENT A Science Investigatory Project (S.I.P) presented to the Science Teacher of PCNHS By: Jade Congcong Elizabeth Jacinto Zyra Calibara Anndrie Gaspar Tricia Arcabos Neale Teope September 24‚ 2014 Republic of

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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

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    Mosquito Repellents

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    CASE 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

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    the Mosquito. We may be somehow naïve of the other uses of Lanzones aside from its nutritiously juicy fruits. After eating Lanzones we may tend to just throw away its peelings without knowing that this could be another best source of alternative insecticide. Its sweet incense brings a different aroma that drives away mosquitoes. The problem about mosquitoes still goes on despite all the government efforts‚ Lanzones peelings can help reduce the incident of dengue because it acts as mosquito repellant

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    Mosquito Repellent Study

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    9 Mosqui-Rellent Discovering the truth in mosquito-repellent light bulbs Submitted by: Justin Frederick Madjus Mikaela Elzbette Neri Ian Gilbert Villanueva Submitted to: Ms. Zenaida Bojo April 2‚ 2012 TABLE OF CONTENTS Abstract .....................................................................................................................................3 Introduction………………………………………………………..……………………………………………………….………4 Review of Related Literature……………………………………………………………………………….………………5 Methodology…………………………………………………………………………………………………

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    Natural Solutions As Alternative Mosquito Repellant Submission As Partial Fulfillment of the requirement in Research September 2012 Chapter II REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE AND STUDIES Related Literature Natural Solutions The citronella plant is a very well loved plant‚ especially in the summer when its mosquito-repelling properties come in handy! Citronella is a common ingredient in insect repellant sprays and candles. It is also included in lotions

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    diseases that are caused by a mosquito is “DENGUE”. Because of this disease‚ a lot of Filipinos died. Dengue is a disease caused by any one of the four related viruses transmitted by mosquitos. One of the easiest ways 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

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    Natural Mosquito Repellent

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    “NATURAL MOSQUITO REPELLENT” I. INTRODUCTION Mosquitoes can be unwelcome guest these rainy days and it is a major insect problem of people. Commercial repellents are harsh‚ have poisons that are not suitable for children and not always effective in repelling these pesky bugs. We don’t know what are the side effects of these repellents are. Some leaves‚ unripe fruit‚ and their seeds contain vermicidal and insectidal properties. It is an inexpensive alternative in avoiding mosquito that causes

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