A comprehensive evaluation of Agave attenuata, a candidate plant molluscicide in South Africa

Acta Tropica

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 201-213

  Brackenbury, T D ^a   Appleton, C C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Agave attenuata; Evaluation; Plant molluscicide

Indexed keywords

MOLLUSCACIDE; NICLOSAMIDE; ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HERB; INTERMEDIATE HOST; NONHUMAN; PH; PLANT; PLANT LEAF; SCHISTOSOMA HEMATOBIUM; SEASONAL VARIATION; SNAIL; SOUTH AFRICA; VECTOR CONTROL;

ANIMALS; BULINUS; DRUG STABILITY; FEMALE; FISHES; MALE; MOLLUSCACIDES; PLANT EXTRACTS; RABBITS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 0030855904     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-706X(97)00095-8     Document Type: Article

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