Effect of azadirachtin A on the fine structure of the midgut of Rhodnius prolixus

Journal of Invertebrate Pathology

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 58-63

  Nogueira, N F S ^a,b   Gonzales, M ^c   Garcia, E M ^c   De Souza, W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDADE ESTADUAL DO NORTE FLUMINENSE DARCY RIBEIRO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Azadirachtin A; Brane layers; Electron microscopy; Epithelial cells; Extracellular mem; Midgut; Morphological alterations; Rhodnius prolixus; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOA; RHODNIUS; RHODNIUS PROLIXUS; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; AZADIRACHTIN; LIMONOID; TRITERPENE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL GRANULE; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EPITHELIUM; INTESTINE; MITOCHONDRION; STOMACH; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; ANTIMALARIALS; CYTOPLASMIC GRANULES; EPITHELIUM; INTESTINES; LIMONINS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MITOCHONDRIA; STOMACH; TRITERPENES;

EID: 0030638443     PISSN: 00222011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jipa.1996.4635     Document Type: Article

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