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The Effectiveness of Garlic Extract (Allium Sativum L.) and Citronella (Cymbopogon nardus L) as Insecticides Againts Pediculus humanus capitis

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Oktafirani Al Sas1, *, Pipin Supenah1, Hery Prambudi1
1Akademi Analis Kesehatan An Nasher Cirebon, Cirebon, West Java, 45611, Indonesia
*Corresponding author. Email: oktafiranialsas@aakannasher.ac.id
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Oktafirani Al Sas
Available Online 22 July 2024.
DOI
10.2991/978-94-6463-457-0_13How to use a DOI?
Keywords
Human head lice; natural insecticide; garlic; citronella
Abstract

Head lice Pediculus humanus capitis are parasites that live on the scalp. Garlic and citronella are plants that can be used as natural insecticides. Allium sativum L. (garlic) contains metabolites of the flavonoid class, saponins, and allicin which have toxic properties to insects so they can be used as natural insecticides. Citronella extract (Cymbopogon nardus L.) apart from providing a fragrant aroma, can also be a cause of death for head lice. This study aims to determine the time of death and differences in mortality time of Pediculus humanus capitis after administration of natural insecticides. The research method used is experimentation with a purposive sampling. The data were analyzed using the Kruskal-Wallis test. The population is head lice with a sample of 125 individuals with 5 repetitions. The result is a difference in the mortality time of Pediculus humanus capitis after administration of natural insecticides. An average mortality value of garlic extract takes 4 minutes 35 seconds, citronella extract takes 3 minutes 34 seconds and the combination of garlic and citronella extract takes 1 minute 58 seconds. This study concluded that the combination of garlic and citronella extract 25% required the fastest time to kill head lice, namely 1 minute 58 seconds.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 2nd Lawang Sewu International Symposium on Health Sciences: Medical Laboratory Technology (LSISHS-MLT 2023)
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Advances in Biological Sciences Research
Publication Date
22 July 2024
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978-94-6463-457-0
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2468-5747
DOI
10.2991/978-94-6463-457-0_13How to use a DOI?
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© 2024 The Author(s)
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Open Access This chapter is licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits any noncommercial use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license and indicate if changes were made.

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