• Mangalarapu Niharika
• Kusam Ashlesha Reddy
• Dhammai Arvind Reddy
• Ganasala Hema Priyanka
• Sameena Begum,Prasuna Sundari PJ

The present study is aimed to formulate mosquito repellent candles using various herbs having mosquito repellent activity and evaluation of their comparative performance and with the marketed sample against mosquitoes. Literature review was conducted to select the herbs and volatile oils with mosquito repellent properties. Selected herbs are cinnamon leaf, cinnamon bark, lemon grass, neem, chrysanthemum and volatile oils are rosemary oil, thyme oil and clove oil. These are grouped into two separate formulations to evaluate the higher repellency among the candles. Formulation 1 was prepared by incorporating cinnamon bark, cinnamon leaf, rosemary oil and thyme oil into beeswax whereas formulation 2 was prepared by using neem leaves, chrysanthemum flowers, lemon grass extract and clove oil as actives. These candles are evaluated by various parameters such as weights, burning time, irritancy, emission production. Further evaluated by rearing mosquitoes in screen cage to estimate mosquito repellency among the candles. Mosquito repellent activity of F1 was found to be in 1hour whereas the repellent activity of F2 was found to be in 1hour. Among the both candles, F shown higher repellency compered to F. When compared to the standard the F1 and F2 shown inferior activity. Prepared F1 and F2 can be used for indoors protection from mosquito bites. Although, stability, safety and other factors need to be considered for regular usage

Mosquito repellent candles, Mosquitoes, Cinnamon bark, leaf, Lemon grass, Camphor, Chrysanthemum, Rosemary.

"Formulation and Evaluation of plant based mosquito repellent candles", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.11, Issue 8, page no.f398-f403, August-2024, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2408544.pdf

"Formulation and Evaluation of plant based mosquito repellent candles", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.11, Issue 8, page no. ppf398-f403, August-2024, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2408544.pdf