A Preliminary Study of Ocimum basilicum Essential Oil as a Repellent against Aedes aegypti in Surabaya

Afrinda Dwi Wahyuni; Siti Fatimatuz Zahra; Balqis Qonita Putri; Manikya Pramudya; Etik Ainun Rohmah; Kris Cahyo Mulyatno

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.14710/jphtcr.v5i2.13734

A Preliminary Study of Ocimum basilicum Essential Oil as a Repellent against Aedes aegypti in Surabaya

Afrinda Dwi Wahyuni^{1, 2}

, Siti Fatimatuz Zahra^{3, 2}, Balqis Qonita Putri^{4, 2}, Manikya Pramudya⁵, Etik Ainun Rohmah² , Kris Cahyo Mulyatno²

¹Faculty of Science and Technology, Universitas Airlangga, , Indonesia

²Institute of Tropical Disease, Universitas Airlangga, Surabaya, Indonesia

³Faculty of Science and Technology, Universitas Airlangga,, Indonesia

⁴ Faculty of Science and Technology, Universitas Airlangga, Indonesia

⁵ Faculty of Science and Technology, Universitas Airlangga, Surabaya, Indonesia

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Received: 25 Feb 2022; Published: 31 Aug 2022.

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Introduction: Aedes aegypti is the main dengue vector in Indonesia. One of the dengue controls is through insecticides use. The plant-based insecticide is one alternative that can be used to minimize the impact of chemical insecticides. Ocimum basilicum is one of the plants that have the potency to be used as insecticides. The aims of this study were to analyze the insecticide activity of Ocimum basilicum essential oil against Aedes aegypti as well as its Lethal Concentration (LC₅₀ and LC₉₀) and Knockdown Time ( KT₅₀ and KT₉₀).

Methods: Treatment groups were given Ocimum basilicum essential oil of 100 ppm, 50 ppm, and 25 ppm. The tests were performed four times with 10 mosquitoes per test.

Results: The mortality rate of the mosquito on the extract with a concentration of 100 ppm was 100%, 50 ppm was 10% and 25 ppm was 0% and the value of LC₅₀ = 62.9 ppm and LC₉₀ = 78.7 ppm. KT₅₀ of this study was 19.4 minutes and KT₉₀ was 8.07 minutes.

Conclusion: Ocimum basilicum essential oil has a mosquitocidal effect on Aedes aegypti. Further studies to investigate the substances of Ocimum basilicum against Aedes aegypti are needed.

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Keywords: Aedes aegypti; mosquitos; essential oil; insecticide; Ocimum basilicum

Funding: Laboratory of Entomology, Institue of Tropical Disease, Universitas Airlangga, Surabaya, Indonesia.

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