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Cinnamon oil now
seems to be a great way of killing those pesky
mosquitos or at least controlling and killing the
larvae of mosquitos.
Researchers from
Taiwan presented their research of the effectivness
of several different compounds in cinnamon oil. Led
by Dr Peter Shang-Tzen Chang, of Forestry and
Resource Conservation at National Taiwan University
explained to the American Chemistry Society that "
Four compounds cinnamaldehyde, cinnamyl acetate,
eugenol and anethole exhibited the strongest
activity against A. aegypti (a kind of mosquito) in 24 hours of
testing,"
This research
highlights the value and importance of looking
twoard naturally occuring chemicals that can aid in
the control of pests. With this research it may be
possible to spray fields with cinnamon extract and
get a nice aroma too.
Their study can
be found in Journal of Agricultural and Food
Chemistry
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