Vol. 7, Issue 4 (2019)
Herbal insecticides and Acaricides: Challenges and constraints
Author(s): RK Khare, G Das, S Kumar, S Bendigeri, S Sachan, R Saiyam, DK Banerjee and DS Khare
Abstract: In the recent scenario, more than 80% population of the world depends on herbal medicine for primary health care. The traditional or folklore medicine systems predominated in certain developed and developing countries including China, Africa, Germany, India etc. Arthropods and arthropod-borne diseases cause immense economic losses throughout the world including India. Attempt to control arthropods using synthetic insecticides and acaricides lead to widespread emergence of insecticide and acaricide resistance, their residue in the final products and undesirable persistence in the environment. To delineate these troubles, the use of herbal insecticide and acaricide is the emerging concept. These substances are widely available and have the properties of rapid degradation, non-selective nature, immuno-stimulatory activity, causing low mammalian toxicity and overall eco-friendly or environmentally beneficial in nature. Some herbal insecticide and acaricide are pyrethrum, neem and various essential oil and extracts from different plant material. These compounds act by inhibiting the growth as well as development and reproduction in various ways to control the population of flies, fleas, lice, ticks, and mites of medical and veterinary significance. The standardization and quality control of these herbal drugs is becoming a challenging task because of several drug toxicity and undesirable drug-interaction with other compounds. Harvesting procedures, short residual activities, difficulty in conducting clinical trials of the drugs due to various regulatory issues etc. and identification of bioactive components are the main constraints behind using these herbal drugs. Therefore, there is a need for proper safety and efficacy assessment, systemic pharmaco-vigilance and proper monitoring and standardization of any herbal drug before launched into the market.
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RK Khare, G Das, S Kumar, S Bendigeri, S Sachan, R Saiyam, DK Banerjee, DS Khare. Herbal insecticides and Acaricides: Challenges and constraints. Int J Chem Stud 2019;7(4):118-125.
