Toxic and growth retarding effects of three plant extracts on Culex pipiens larvae (Diptera: Culicidae)

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 388-392

  El Hag, E A ^a   El Nadi, A H ^a   Zaitoon, A A ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Azadirachta indica; Culex pipiens larvae; Growth inhibition; Rhazya stricta; Syzygium aromaticum; Toxic action

Indexed keywords

AZADIRACHTA INDICA EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; RHAZYA STRICTA EXTRACT; SYZYGIUM AROMATICUM EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULEX PIPIENS; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PHYTOTHERAPY;

ANIMALS; CULEX; GROWTH; INSECTICIDES; LARVA; LETHAL DOSE 50; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, TOXIC;

AZADIRACHTA INDICA; CULEX PIPIENS; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA; HEXAPODA; RHAZYA; RHAZYA STRICTA; SYZYGIUM AROMATICUM;

EID: 0032801033     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1573(199908/09)13:5<388::AID-PTR455>3.0.CO;2-U     Document Type: Article

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