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The effects of natural repellent on asian house geckos Hemidactylus frenatus / Qasrina Izzati Zainal

Invading of the Asian house geckos has cause the hygienic problem despite their potential to be a vector for Salmonella spp. Thus, this problem has contributed to the increasing of repellent production for combating the geckos. Repellent is regularly used to protect humans from pathogenic organism s...

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Main Author: Zainal, Qasrina Izzati
Format: Student Project
Language:English
Published: 2019
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Laboratories. General works
QR Microbiology
Bacteria
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spelling my.uitm.ir.421322021-02-18T02:12:53Z http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/42132/ The effects of natural repellent on asian house geckos Hemidactylus frenatus / Qasrina Izzati Zainal Zainal, Qasrina Izzati Laboratories. General works QR Microbiology Bacteria Invading of the Asian house geckos has cause the hygienic problem despite their potential to be a vector for Salmonella spp. Thus, this problem has contributed to the increasing of repellent production for combating the geckos. Repellent is regularly used to protect humans from pathogenic organism such as protozoans, viruses and parasites. The commercially available repellent used complex and dangerous chemicals that can cause harmful effects to human and environment. Therefore, this study was conducted to find the potential of natural repellent against Asian house geckos, Hemidactylus frenatus. Three herbs were used in this study which are Cinnamon cassia, Allium sativum, and Cymbopogon citratus. Extraction of these herbs were prepared by soxhlet extraction method. The experiments were conducted in form of single herbs and poly herbs treatment. Single herbs are the single form of the herbs, while poly herbs include l: 1 ratio of mixed concentration of herbs (C . cassia + A. sativum ), (C . cassia + C. citratus), and (A. sativum + C. citratus). The repellency test was monitored and recorded in 30, 60, 90, 120, 150 and 180 minutes and were statistically analysed for their mean and percentage of repellency. From the result obtained, C. cassia, A. sativum and C. citratus extracts were showed full repellency towards Asian house geckos. Higher concentration (100% and 75%) of C. cassia extracts are able to kill the geckos, while lower concentration (50% and 25%) has potential in weaken the geckos. On the other hand, all concentrations of C. citratus extract are less effective in killing the geckos. Other than that, no geckos were killed when treated with poly-herbs treatment. This showed that single-herbs (C. cassia and A. sativum) are more effective in killing and repelling the geckos compared to the poly-herbs treatment. 2019 Student Project NonPeerReviewed text en http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/42132/1/42132.pdf Zainal, Qasrina Izzati (2019) The effects of natural repellent on asian house geckos Hemidactylus frenatus / Qasrina Izzati Zainal. [Student Project] (Unpublished)
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topic Laboratories. General works
QR Microbiology
Bacteria
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QR Microbiology
Bacteria
Zainal, Qasrina Izzati
The effects of natural repellent on asian house geckos Hemidactylus frenatus / Qasrina Izzati Zainal
description Invading of the Asian house geckos has cause the hygienic problem despite their potential to be a vector for Salmonella spp. Thus, this problem has contributed to the increasing of repellent production for combating the geckos. Repellent is regularly used to protect humans from pathogenic organism such as protozoans, viruses and parasites. The commercially available repellent used complex and dangerous chemicals that can cause harmful effects to human and environment. Therefore, this study was conducted to find the potential of natural repellent against Asian house geckos, Hemidactylus frenatus. Three herbs were used in this study which are Cinnamon cassia, Allium sativum, and Cymbopogon citratus. Extraction of these herbs were prepared by soxhlet extraction method. The experiments were conducted in form of single herbs and poly herbs treatment. Single herbs are the single form of the herbs, while poly herbs include l: 1 ratio of mixed concentration of herbs (C . cassia + A. sativum ), (C . cassia + C. citratus), and (A. sativum + C. citratus). The repellency test was monitored and recorded in 30, 60, 90, 120, 150 and 180 minutes and were statistically analysed for their mean and percentage of repellency. From the result obtained, C. cassia, A. sativum and C. citratus extracts were showed full repellency towards Asian house geckos. Higher concentration (100% and 75%) of C. cassia extracts are able to kill the geckos, while lower concentration (50% and 25%) has potential in weaken the geckos. On the other hand, all concentrations of C. citratus extract are less effective in killing the geckos. Other than that, no geckos were killed when treated with poly-herbs treatment. This showed that single-herbs (C. cassia and A. sativum) are more effective in killing and repelling the geckos compared to the poly-herbs treatment.
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author Zainal, Qasrina Izzati
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title The effects of natural repellent on asian house geckos Hemidactylus frenatus / Qasrina Izzati Zainal
title_short The effects of natural repellent on asian house geckos Hemidactylus frenatus / Qasrina Izzati Zainal
title_full The effects of natural repellent on asian house geckos Hemidactylus frenatus / Qasrina Izzati Zainal
title_fullStr The effects of natural repellent on asian house geckos Hemidactylus frenatus / Qasrina Izzati Zainal
title_full_unstemmed The effects of natural repellent on asian house geckos Hemidactylus frenatus / Qasrina Izzati Zainal
title_sort effects of natural repellent on asian house geckos hemidactylus frenatus / qasrina izzati zainal
publishDate 2019
url http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/42132/1/42132.pdf
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