Identification of electrophysiologically-active compounds for the malaria mosquito, Anopheles gambiae, in human sweat extracts

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 269-276

  Cork, A ^a   Park, K C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

1 octen 3 ol; 4 methylphenol; Anopheles gambiae; carboxylic acids; Culicidae; electroantennography; human sweat; mass spectrometry

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; CULICIDAE;

EID: 0030186094     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2915.1996.tb00742.x     Document Type: Article

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