How to Control and Get Rid of Roaches

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There are two types of cock­roaches large and small. With the rise in world wide travel, we are see­ing new vari­eties of cock­roaches for­merly found only in Asia and the Middle East.

The Larger Roaches:

Amer­i­can Cockroach

Smoky Brown Cockroach

Ori­en­tal Cockroach

Woods Cock­roach

The Smaller Roaches:

Ger­man Cockroach

Brown Banded […]

EPA Report and Commentary on Ethyl Lactate">EPA Report and Commentary on Ethyl Lactate

EPA report of Ethyl Lac­tate and its approved uses. Com­plete analy­sis of its biodi­grable and green friendly uses.

Reaction Time Measured in Mice When Exposed to Terpenoids

Seda­tive Results achieved in mice by assess­ing their accu­mu­la­tive spon­ta­neous motor activ­ity var­i­ous ter­penoids, when they inhaled cedrol, the main com­po­nent of cedar­wood oil. The tests included forced swim test­ing.

BHT Food Preservative, (butylated hydroxytoluene) Induced Lung Damage in Mice by Cedar Terpene Administration">Prevention of BHT Food Preservative, (butylated hydroxytoluene) Induced Lung Damage in Mice by Cedar Terpene Administration

BHT-induced lung dam­age by the cedar­wood ter­penes could not be over­comeeven when increas­ing the BHT dose up to 2500 mg/kg, or by delay­ing ter­pene admin­is­tra­tion until 2 hr after the mice had been injected with BHT. The resis­tance con­ferred by the ter­penes was fully reversible within 4 days after removal of the ter­penes from the mice. The lung weights in each of 13 dif­fer­ent inbred strains of mice were increased by BHT, and this increase could be pre­vented by cedar­wood ter­pene admin­is­tra­tion. The mechanism(s) by which the ter­penes pre­vent BHT tox­i­c­ity is/are unknown. The ter­penes may act at the level of BHT metab­o­lism, either by pre­vent­ing acti­va­tion of BHT to an active metabo­lite, or by accel­er­at­ing BHT degra­da­tion, or both.
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Bioactivity of Five Monoterpenoid Vapors to the Confused Flour Beetle, Tribolium Confusum Coleoptera Tenebrionidae

Test­ing con­ducted with aerosol con­tact of five monoter­penoids on con­fused flour bee­tle (Tri­bolium con­fusum) One of the monoter­penoids, Terpinen-4-ol com­monly found in the genus Junipe­rus (Cupres­saceae) and is is wide­spread in the North­ern hemi­sphere. The monoter­penoids tested revealed insect growth reg­u­la­tor (IGR)-like prop­er­ties when applied to 3-day-old pupae, pro­duc­ing adul­toids and deformed […]

THE INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH GROUP ON WOOD PROTECTION Dealing with the subject: Termites">THE INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH GROUP ON WOOD PROTECTION Dealing with the subject: Termites

The antiox­i­dant prop­er­ties of wood extrac­tives inter­fere with the ter­mite and sym­bi­otic micro­bial diges­tion. Over time, ter­mites have learned to rec­og­nize and avoid wood with high lev­els of antiox­i­dants. Con­se­quently, ter­mites will also avoid wood treated with arti­fi­cial and non­toxic antioxidants.

Juniperus oxycedrus Oil Vapor Successfully Kills Acanthoscelides obtectus (Coleoptera Bruchidae, Dry Bean Weevil)

Junipe­rus oxyce­drus was among thir­teen essen­tial oils tested in vapor form against Acan­thoscelides obtec­tus (Coleoptera Bruchi­dae, Dry Bean Wee­vil) In choice and no-choice tests, most of of the essen­tial oils tested had repel­lent action, reduce fecun­dity, decrease egg hatch­a­bil­ity, increase neonate lar­val mor­tal­ity and adversely influ­ence offspring […]

Amylase Inhibitors are Plants Defense Against Insect and Fungal Pathogens

Monoter­penoids and sesquiter­penoids are the pri­mary com­po­nents of essen­tial oils, which are highly volatile com­pounds that con­tribute to the fra­grance (essence) of plants that pro­duce them. Essen­tial oils often func­tion as insect tox­ins and many pro­tect against fun­gal or bac­te­r­ial attack.

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