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Oil of Citronella References

Oil of Citronella:

  1. Pesticide Product Information System; U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, U.S. Government Printing Office: Washington, DC, 2012.
  2. Insect Repellent Use and Safety; Centers for Disease Control, Division of Vector-Borne Diseases: Atlanta, GA,
  3. Citronella (Oil of Citronella) (021901) Fact Sheet; U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Pesticide Programs, Ombudsman, Biopesticides and Pollution Prevention Division, U.S. Government Printing Office: Washington, DC, 1999.
  4. Copping, L. G. A World Compendium: The Manual of Biocontrol Agents, 4th ed.; British Crop Protection Council: Alton, Hampshire, UK, 2009; p 264-265.
  5. Barceloux, D. G. Medical Toxicology of Natural Substances: Foods, Fungi, Medicinal Herbs, Plants, and Venomous Animals, 1st ed.; John Wiley & Sons, Inc: Hoboken, NJ, 2008; p 1157.
  6. Summary of Data for Chemical Selection: β-Citronellol; Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Toxicology Program: Research Triangle Park, NC, 1997; pp 267-268.
  7. Report on Carcinogens, 12th ed.; Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, National Institutes of Health: Research Triangle Park, NC, 2011; pp 267-268.
  8. Toxicological Evaluation of Some Flavouring Substances Non-Nutritive Sweetening Agents; Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and World Health Organization: Geneva, Switzerland, 1967.
  9. Chadha, A.; Madyastha, K. M. Metabolism of geraniol and linalool in the rat and effects on liver and lung microsomal enzymes. Xenobiotica 1984, 14 (5), 365-74.
  10. Hazardous Substances Databank (HSDB), Citronellal; U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, National Library of Medicine: Bethesda, MD, 2002.
  11. Hazardous Substances Databank (HSDB), Geraniol; U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, National Library of Medicine: Bethesda, MD, 2007.
  12. Reregristration Eligibility Decision (RED) Oil of Citronella; U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Pesticide Programs, Biopesticides and Pollution Prevention Division, U.S. Government Printing Office: Washington, DC, 1996.
  13. Reregristration Eligibility Decision (RED) Facts Oil of Citronella; U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances, U.S. Government Printing Office: Washington, DC, 1997.
  14. Screening-Level Hazard Characterization Terpenoid Primary Alcohols and Related Esters Category; U.S Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances, Office of Pesticide Programs, U.S. Government Printing Office: Washington, DC, 2009
  15. Temple, W. A.; Smith, N. A.; Beasley, M. Management of oil of citronella poisoning. J. Toxicol. Clin. Toxicol. 1991, 29 (2), 257-62; discussion 263.

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