| Summary: | Background: Dengue is virus disease, it can cause mortality of patients in a few
days and it is transmitted by Aedes aegypti mosquito. Botanic repellent is one of
materials used to reduce mosquito bite.
Objective: To find repellent potency of essential oils of clove (Syzygium
aromaticum, L), nutmeg (Myristica fragans Houtt) and celery (Apium graveolens
L.) in lotion preparation against Aedes aegypti mosquito bite.
Method: This research is quasi experimental with test stages such as negative
control test, preliminary test, and real test, by experimenting hands which had
been smeared by test material and entered the hands into mosquito cage.
Results: essential oils of clove, nutmeg and celery in lotion preparation were
found functioning as repellent against Aedes aegypti mosquito for each repellent
of essential oils which were experimented such as 5.25% clove, 9.69% nutmeg
and 12.06 celery
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