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Clove Bud Oil – A Solution to House mites?
Lifestyle and housing construction changes have improved the living
conditions for house dust mites over the last few decades. The installation of
central heating, airtight windows, and fitted carpets has led an increase in the
frequency and density of dust mites in the average home. This has been linked to
an intensifying epidemic of allergies from asthma to allergic rhinitis. The
house dust mite is ubiquitous in almost every home and is a major source of many
potent allergens associated with asthma and other disorders and even sudden
infant death syndrome (SIDS). Clove bud oil offers hope of an
enviromentally freindly solution. (for more information on
Clove Bud Oil check here)
DEET presents danger and little hope
Fumigation chemicals to eradicate the mites are not popular and even where
they are used, their repeated application is leading to resistance.
The mites may be eliminated with potent chemicals such as
benzenehexachloride, pirimiphos-methyl, benzyl benzoate,
N,N-diethyl-m-toluamide(DEET), and dibutyl phthalate.
Emerging evidence shows that repeated use can lead to the development of
resistance as well as having unwanted side-effects on non-target organisms. Of
more concern to the average parent hoping to protect their offspring from the
mite is that these compounds may represent serious environmental and human
health concerns.
Clove bud oil may be the answer
Extracts of clove bud oil
could lead to an environmentally benign approach to reducing house dust mites,
according to scientists in the Republic of Korea. Until now, little
research had been done on extracts of clove oil although it has been commonly
used in traditional Chinese medicine and its insecticidal activity was known in
stored foods. The present work could ultimately lead to an acceptable recipe for
fumigating against house dust mites.
Clove bud oil more effective than DEET
A recent study published in the Journal of Agricultural Food Chemistry
investigated the effectiveness of extracts of Clove bud oil on dust mites.
Agricultural biotechnologist Young-Joon Ahn and his colleagues at Seoul National
University in Korea, have shown that extracts of clove bud oil, are more
effective than DEET at killing adults house dust mites, the American house dust
mite and the European house dust mite.
The most potent extracts eugenol and its related components are stronger even
than the commonly used DEET. Indeed, one component is toxic at less than one
microgram per square centimeter while DEET requires a concentration of 37.59
micrograms per square centimeter to be effective
Reference: Eun-Hee Kim, Hyun-Kyung Kim & Young-Joon Ahn. Acaricidal activity
of clove bud oil compounds against Dermatophagoides farinae and Dermatophagoides
pteronyssinus (Acari: Pyroglyphidae). J Agric Food Chem 2003, 10.1021
You can buy some clove bud oil
to experiment on your own
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