Formulation and evaluation of cashew nut shell oil and pungam oil-loaded nanocapsules for larvicidal activity against Aedes aegypti

Abstract

Objectives: Mosquitoes are the potential vectors of many diseases such as dengue malaria and brain fever. Effective
control of vector borne diseases is possible by early diagnosis and prompt treatment of vector control. Nanotechnology,
a promising field of research in the present decade, is expected to give major impulses to technical innovation.
Larviciding is a key strategy used in many vector control programs around the world. In recent years, essential oilbased
larvicides have been introduced as alternatives to industrial ones.