- Title
- Comparison of consumer perspectives of the natural and commercial synthetic chemical-based mosquito repellent products
- Creator
- Ndoyana, Lusanda
- Subject
- Insect baits and repellents
- Subject
- Mosquitoes -- Control Consumers -- Attitudes Consumers -- South Africa
- Date Issued
- 2019
- Date
- 2019
- Type
- Thesis
- Type
- Masters
- Type
- MTech
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10948/42902
- Identifier
- vital:36704
- Description
- The present study was conducted to determine the perceptions of consumers between the natural mosquito repellent products and the synthetic chemical mosquito repellent products. The perception is that natural mosquito repellent products are more effective than synthetic chemical mosquito repellents based on odour, cost and quality. A comparison of the two products was done in a form of a structured questionnaire where randomly selected participants were given two questionnaires. The participants were asked to provide their perceptions concerning cost, quality and odour. Each participant was also given one formulated natural (green) candle and one synthetic (white) chemical mosquito repellent product. The formulated natural candles contain Oil of Lemon Eucalyptus (OLE) as the active ingredient. OLE is a natural plant-based repellent which is extracted from the leaves and twigs of the lemon-scented gum eucalyptus plant. The results showed that both products were effective in terms of cost, product quality and odour. However, the natural mosquito repellent product was more effective than the synthetic chemical product based on the observed p-value results.
- Format
- v, 71 leaves
- Format
- Publisher
- Nelson Mandela University
- Publisher
- Faculty of Science
- Language
- English
- Rights
- Nelson Mandela University
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