Innovation Owner
Hataichanok Passara
Advisor
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This research discovered a formula of essential oils from herbal plants that effectively eliminates medical and veterinary pests like mosquitoes, houseflies, and cockroaches. These formulas are safe for non-target organisms and serve as eco-friendly alternatives to chemicals.
Major medical and veterinary pests including the mosquitoes, houseflies and cockroaches pose health problems for humans and mammals and create more visual obstruction. Therefore, this research discovered a formula of essential oils and active ingredients from herbal plants that are highly effective in controlling and eliminating these insects compared to chemical insecticides, are safe for non-target organisms living in the environment, and are stable and maintain the active properties of the compounds. These formulas can be developed into environmentally friendly natural products to replace or reduce the use of chemical insecticides.
Objective
The objectives are to study the efficacy of plant essential oils against medical and veterinary pests compared to synthetic chemicals, and to evaluate their safety on non-target organisms.
- To study the efficacy of various plant essential oils in preventing and eliminating important medical and veterinary pests (mosquitoes, houseflies, cockroaches).
- To compare the efficacy of various plant essential oils against synthetic chemicals in controlling important medical and veterinary pests (mosquitoes, houseflies, cockroaches).
- To study the safety of effective plant essential oils on non-target organisms (guppies, earthworms, and bees).