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About Us

Group 4 STEM D Researchers

We are a group of Grade 12 STEM D students in Christian Ecclesiastical School, in the School Year 2023-2024. We conducted the Capstone Research entitled "Revolutionizing Mosquito Control: UV attraction, Vacuum Capture, and Natural Repellents from Lemongrass and Garlic"

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This website is for academic purposes only. We are conducting this in partial completion of the Empowerment Technologies subject.

Meet The Team

References
of Our Study

Acosta, L. N., Eda, M., & Ligmayo, C. A. (2020). The effectiveness of garlic and lemongrass as natural mosquito repellent. College of Business Education Science and Technology Inc.

Catapang, A., Garcia, L. & Villongco, A. (2015, February 3). Lemongrass as an Alternative Insect Repellent. Quezon, City. Retrieved December 9, 2019

Chaiphongpachara, Tanawat & Laojun, Sedthapong & Kunphichayadecha, Chaekki. (2019). Effectiveness of ultraviolet (UV) insect light traps for mosquitoes control in coastal areas of Samut Songkhram province, Thailand. Journal of Animal
Behaviour and Biometeorology. 7.

Liu, Y., Liu, Y., Chen, Y., Ma, H., & Lee, H. (2017). Enhancement of mosquito trapping efficiency by using pulse width modulated light emitting diodes. Scientific Reports, 7(1).

Onasanya, S. S., Onasanya, O. O., Sobayo, T. O., & Tijani, R. O. (2021). Formulation and preparation of aerosol using garlic oil and its insecticidal effects on crawling and flying insects. International Journal of Applied Chemistry and Biotechnology,

Dilling, S. C., TenBroeck, S. H., Hogsette, J. A., & Kline, D. L. (2023). Comparison of trap and equine attraction to mosquitoes. Insects, 14(4), 374.

Ikra Sani, Muhammad. (2023). Garlic as Mosquito repellant.

Kumar, Senthil & K M, Pachiyappan. (2021). Microencapsulated lemongrass oil for mosquito repellent finishing of knitted cotton wear. Asian Journal of Pharmaceutical and Clinical Research. 10.

Mwanga, E. P., Ngowo, H. S., Mapua, S. A., Mmbando, A. S., Kaindoa, E. W., Kifungo, K., & Okumu, F. O. (2019). Evaluation of an ultraviolet LED trap for catching Anopheles and Culex mosquitoes in south-eastern Tanzania. Parasites & Vectors, 12(1).

Ogede, R. O., & Abdulrahman, N. A. (2022). Density functional theory study, extraction and characterization of lemon grass oil (Cymbopogon citratus) as antimalaria repellant. World Journal of Advanced Research and Reviews, 14(2), 284–297.

Zulfikar, Z., Aditama, W., & Sitepu, F. Y. (2019). Title of the article. International Journal of Mosquito Research, 6(1), Part B, 101-103.

Parvez, A. A., Hossain, M. J., Hossain, M. Z., Sohan, M. S., Hoque, F., Ahsan, M. H., & Hoque, M. S. (2023). Mosquito repellent fabric: Development and characterization of peppermint and garlic mixture finish on knitted fabric to examine mosquito repellency. Heliyon, 9(5), e15944.

Pimnon, S., Ngoen-Klan, R., Sumarnrote, A., & Chareonviriyaphap, T. (2022). UV Light-Emitting-Diode Traps for Collecting Nocturnal Biting Mosquitoes in Urban Bangkok. Insects

Sheikh J., Ankit S. 2023. Preparation of mosquito repellent, antibacterial and UV protective cotton using a novel, chitosan-based polymeric dye.

Suwaiya, A., & Lestari, I. (2020). Test the characteristics of essential oils of fragrant Lemongrass stems and clove leaves as an electric mosquito repellent. Journal of Natural Science & Mathematics Research, 6(1), 26-33.

Wells MB, Villamor J, Andrew DJ. 2017. Salivary gland maturation and duct formation in the African malaria mosquito Anopheles gambiae. Sci Rep 7: 601.

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