@article {1924,
	title = {Chemical composition, larvicidal evaluation, and adult repellency of endemic Greek Thymus essential oils against the mosquito vector of West Nile virus},
	journal = {Parasitology research},
	volume = {21},
	year = {2011},
	note = {From Duplicate 1 (                           Chemical composition, larvicidal evaluation, and adult repellency of endemic Greek Thymus essential oils against the mosquito vector of West Nile virus                         - Pitarokili, D; Michaelakis, A; Koliopoulos, G; Giatropoulos, A; Tzakou, O )                
},
	month = {2011///},
	pages = {1 - 6},
	publisher = {Springer},
	address = {Affiliation: Department of Pharmacognosy and Chemistry of Natural Products, School of Pharmacy, University of Athens, Panepistimioupoli Zographou, Athens, 157 71, Greece; Affiliation: Department of Entomology and Agricultural Zoology, Laboratory of Agricu},
	abstract = {The volatile metabolites of Greek wild growing Thymus leucospermus and Thymus teucrioides subsp. candilicus were determined by gas chromatography and gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. The monoterpene hydrocarbon p-cymene (64.2\%) dominated T. leucospermus oil, followed by γ-terpinene (7.9\%), thymol (4.8\%), and borneol (4.7\%), whereas the most abundant constituents in T. teucrioides subsp. candilicus oil were p-cymene (25.5\%), γ-terpinene (19.0\%), thymol (18.8\%), borneol (5.7\%), and α-pinene (5.7\%). The larvicidal and repellent activities of the analyzed essential oils were tested on Culex pipiens larvae and adults, respectively. Additionally, the main metabolite of the essential oils, p-cymene was tested against C. pipiens adults in order to define the affiliation between p-cymene and the repellent properties of the oil. The essential oils of T. leucospermus and T. teucrioides subsp. candilicus provided repellency 78.1\% and 72.9\%, respectively, statistically equal to the reference product icaridin. The compound p-cymene showed almost no repellent activity. The essential oil of T. leucospermus presented lower larvicidal activity (LC50 = 34.26~mgl-1) against C. pipiens third-fourth instar larvae while T. teucrioides subsp. candilicus was the most active with an estimated LC50 value of 23.17~mgl-1. {\textcopyright} 2011 Springer-Verlag.},
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	author = {Pitarokili, D and Michaelakis, A and Koliopoulos, G and Giatropoulos, A and Tzakou, O}
}
