The SARS-CoV-2 infection started in December 2019 in Wuhan province, China, and spreads worldwide in 2020. Coronavirus belongs to the Coronaviridae family and causes a respiratory disease called Covid-19. The entire humanity was strongly impacted in the face of an unexpected and rapidly expanding pandemic to Covid-19 that surprised everyone, especially health professionals, in coping with this overwhelming illn...
This study aimed to determine the chemical constituents and larvicidal activity of the essential oil of Plectranthus amboinicus (Lour.) Spreng against larvae of the Aedes aegypti mosquito. The essential oil (EO) was extracted by hydrodistillation at 100 ° C for 3 hours. The chemical composition was obtained by Gas Chromatography coupled to Mass Spectrometry (GC / MS). To assess larvicidal activity, Aedes aegypt...