Abstract
The mosquito repellent formulations that are available on the market are causing irritations like coughing, sneezing, allergic reactions and respiratory disorders to human.The mosquito repellents available in the market are in various forms like colis,mats,sprays and fast cards. So the present study was carried out to formulate mosquito repellent incense sticks using herbals like Vitex negundo, Neem, Holy basil, and Garlic. The poly herbal mosquito repellent formulation are made by hand rolling method.The solid formulation containing binders and additives are rolled in the form of incense sticks and dried for 24 hrs. After drying its evaluated and compared with the market formulation. The prepared herbal mosquito incense sticks are potent, safe with more duration of time and less cost.
Highlights
The word mosquito is called as little fly
The feed back of prepared mosquito repellent incense stick were taken from 20 people .The results are compared with the marketed formulation
Smoke from the herbal mosquito repellent sticks produce no toxic effect to humans and act as germicidal
Summary
The word mosquito is called as little fly. The body of the mosquitoes are slender, segmented, one pair of wings, three pairs of long hair like legs and long mouth parts. Mosquito develops so many diseases in human like dengue, malaria, yellow fever etc. Mosquito repellent are called as “bug spray”. The mosquito repellents are applied to surface of skin to avoid mosquito biting on the skin. Mosquito repellent are used to prevent and control the diseases like malaria, dengue and fever. Use of synthetic repellent causes many health issues like respiratory problems so natural synthetic repellents like neem, garlic, basil, camphor, castor oil, cinnamon, clove oil, Dlimonene, fennel oil, marigold. Mosquito can be repelled by using mosquito net, using clothes that covers total body[3,4].
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