Toxicologia Ambiental e Analítica

COMPARATIVE STUDY OF FORMULATED MOSQUITO REPELLANT GEL WITH CONVENTIONAL MARKET GEL

Abstract

Idoko Ogbe1*, Okan Ehgomare Hillary2, Jennifer Ene Idoko3, Ogbonye Chinedu Onyemaechi4 and Elizabeth Ogbe5

Synthetic chemical mosquito repellents based on deet were discovered to be harmful to persons suffering from diseases such as urea cycle disorders and thus cause contraindication in humans. These worrisome conditions necessitated the search for natural mosquito repellents that is cheap, effective, non-toxic, environment-friendly, and biodegradable. The global needs inspired the passion to research on mosquito repellant gel formulation using carbopol 940 prepared from oils obtained from essential plant of lemongrass, black pepper, turmeric, ginger, nimes and garlic and further evaluating the formulated gels repellence, appearance, PH, viscosity, spread ability, and swelling index. The mosquito repellent potential was evaluated and simultaneously compared with the positive control (bnc). In many developing nations of the world including nigeria, majority of the people do not have access to mosquito net, expensive mosquito repellant creams, and miscellaneous physical methods, this optimized gel in this research were evaluated and found to be effectual, inexpensive, and easily accessible way to prevent mosquito-borne diseases with environmental friendly potential as a way of preventing outbreak of malaria, and other diseases.