Insecticidal Efficacy of Geranium Oil Nanoemulsion and Synergism with Sesame Oil and their Acetylcholinesterase Inhibition
Shawky M Aboelhadid1*, Abdel-Azeem S Abdel-Baki2, Khaled M Hassan3,
Samar M Ibrahium4, Saleh Al-Quraishy5, Ahmed O Hassan6 and Asmaa A Kamel1
1Parasitology Department, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Beni-Suef University, Beni-Suef 62511, Egypt
2Zoology Department, Faculty of Science, Beni-Suef University, Beni-Suef, Egypt
3Department of Parasitology, Beni-Suef Laboratory, Animal Health Research Institute, Agriculture Research center, Egypt.
4Department of Parasitology, Animal Health Research Institute, Fayum Branch, Fayum, Egypt
5Zoology Department, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
6Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA
* Corresponding author: shawky.abohadid@vet.bsu.edu.eg
Fig. 1.
Mortality percentages of geranium (GO and GN) and the synergistic action with sesame oil (SO) against Musca domestica larvae.
Fig. 2.
Mortality percentages of geranium (GO and GN) and the synergistic action with SO against Culex pipiens larvae.
Fig. 3.
Mortality percentages of geranium (GO and GN) and the synergistic action with sesame oil against T. castaneum in contact toxicity assay after 24 h of exposure
Fig. 4.
Mortality percentages of geranium (GO and GN) and the synergistic action with sesame oil against T. castaneum in fumigant toxicity assay.
Fig. 5.
Acetyl-cholinesterase inhibition % (A) actvity of malondialdehyde (MDA) (B) in Musca domestica larvae treated with with geranium oil (GO and GN), SO and the combination of geranium and sesame.