The toxicity of melissa and savory essential oil constituents against adult Bemisia tabaci was examined using vapor-phase toxicity bioassay. Results were compared with those following the treatment with currently used insecticide dichlorvos. As judged by 24 h LC50 values, thymol (0.59×10-3 mg/cm3) was the most toxic constituent, followed by cavacrol (0.60×10-3 mg/cm3). These compounds were slightly less toxic than dichlorvos (LC50, 0.20×10-3 mg/cm3). Strong activity was also obtained from borneol (LC50, 1.06×10-3 mg/cm3), α-terpineol (1.22×10-3 mg/cm3), geraniol (1.23×10-3 mg/cm3), linalool (1.33×10-3 mg/cm3), lavendulol (1.44×10-3 mg/cm3), nerol (1.52×10-3 mg/cm3), β-citronellol (1.81×10-3 mg/cm3), terpinene-4-ol (1.87×10-3 mg/cm3), 1-octen-3-ol (2.06×10-3 mg/cm3), and citral (2.34×10-3 mg/cm3). The melissa and savory essential oil-derived compounds, particularly thymol and carvacrol, merit further study as potential insecticides for the control of B. tabaci.

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of essential oil on wound healing rate, an epithelial attachment and collagen density in wound induced rat. This study was a 2×3 factorial design. Factors were treatment period (4 day and 8 day) and treatment type [saline (0.9% NaCl), tyrothricin, mixture of tea-tree, rosemary and melissa oil]. The samples were 24 rats with wound and randomly assigned to six groups of four rats per group. The dependent variables such as a wound healing rate, an epithelial attachment and a collagen density were measured. Dependent variables were statistically significant difference by the two treatment periods and the three treatment types (p<.001). There were not statistically significant interactions between treatment periods and treatment type in all dependent variables (p>.05). These findings will be provide bases to develope effective interventions for patients who have wound to manage their wound.