PRODUCTION OF MOSQUITOE REPELLANTS INSECTICIDES (MOSQUITOE COIL) USING ORANGE PEELS (Cestrum)
TABLE OF CONTENT
CONTENT
Title page
Declaration
Certification
Dedication
Acknowledgment
Table of content
Abstract
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
1.0 INSECTICIDES (General Overview)
OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY/WORK
SCOPE OF THE STUDY
LITERATURE REVIEW
HISTORY ASPECT OF MOSQUITO REPELLENT
CLASSIFICATION OF INSECTICIDE
CHEMICAL INSECTICIDES MAY BE CLASSIFIED AS
INORGANIC, NATURAL AND ORGANIC INSECTICIDES.10
BIOLOGICAL INSECTICIDES
TOXIC EFFECT OF REPELLENT
MOSQUITO COIL
1.4.1 HOW MOSQUITO COILS WORK
1.4.2 HOW TO USE MOSQUITO COILS
1.4.3 ADVANTAGES OF USING A MOSQUITO COIL
1.4.4 DISADVANTAGES OF USING MOSQUITO COILS
ACTIVE INGREDIENTS IN MOSQUITO COIL
CITRUS SINENSIS/ORANGE PLANT
1.5.1 IDENTIFICATION
1.5.2 USES OF CITRUS SINENSIS
1.5.3 FOOD VALUE.
1.5.4 ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE/USES
1.5.5 MEDICAL USES/IMPORTANCE
CHAPTER TWO
2.2 SOURCE OF MATERIALS
2.3 SAMPLE PREPARATION
2.3.1 PREPARATION OF RANGE PEELS
2.3.2 PREPARATION OF SAW-DUST
2.3.3 PREPARATION OF THE STARCH
2.4 PREPARATION OF THE DOUGH
CHAPTER THREE
3.0 RESULTS
TABLE 3.1 RESULT OF THE BURNING TIME AND
EFFECTIVENESS OF THE COIL
CHAPTER FOUR
DISCUSSION
CONCLUSION
REFERENCES
ABSTRACT
Mosquito repellents are substances that can be used to repel mosquitoes which is a vector that transmits malaria. A typical example of a mosquito repellent is mosquito coil which drives away mosquito when it is ignited. The smoke that is emitted from burning a mosquito coil contains active ingredients used to prevent mosquito from biting particularly during the hour of sleep having been designed to burn for hours. These active ingredients have known to act as repellent agent which cause a distasteful environment for the mosquito and act as agents of immobilization which disturbs the food searching mechanism of the mosquito. Orange peels (Cestrum) contains oil known as Limonene oil which has a lethal effect on mosquitoes and some other insects. It can be used as active ingredient to produce mosquito coil, which when ignited, will repel mosquitoes within the limits of the smoke.