Curcuma raktakanda is a potential larvicide for mosquito control

Pharmaceutical Biology

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 167-170

  Latha, C ^a   Ammini, J ^a  

^a Department of Physics   (India)

Author keywords

Aedes aegypti; Anopheles stephensi; Culex quinquefasciatus; Culex sitiens; Curcuma raktakanda; Larvicidal

Indexed keywords

CURCUMA RAKTAKANDA; LARVICIDAL AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; COLUMN CHROMATOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ISOLATION; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN;

AEDES AEGYPTI; ANOPHELES STEPHENSI; CULEX PIPIENS QUINQUEFASCIATUS; CULEX SITIENS; CURCUMA;

EID: 0033854379     PISSN: 13880209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/1388-0209(200007)3831-SFT167     Document Type: Article

References (12)

1. Benner JP (1993): Pesticidal compounds from higher plants. Pestic Sci 39: 95-102.
2. Fernandez EC (1990): Isolation and identification of active compounds against termites from luyang-dilaw (Curcuma longa L.), National Review and Planning Workshop on Botanical Pesticides, Feb. 19-20, Los Banos, Laguna, Philippines.
3. Finney DJ (1971): Probit Analysis. University Press, Cambridge, pp. 1-80.
4. Leal LM, Hernandez HP, Padolina WG (1990): Preliminary studies on the isolation of insecticidal components of luyang-dilaw (Curcuma longa Linn), National Review and Planning Workshop on Botanical Pesticides, Feb. 19-20, Los Banos, Laguna, Philippines.
5. Nadkarni KM (1982): Bombay Popular Prakashan Indian Materia Medica 1: 412-419.
6. Nigg HN, Seigler D (1992): Phytochemical Resource for Medicine and Agriculture, Plenum Press, pp. 445.
7. Mariappan T, Arunachalam N, Somachary N, Reddy CMR (1997): A note on the mosquito fauna of Kochi and its adjoining islands in Kerala. Entomon 22: 41-45.
8. Pandji C, Grimm C, Wray W, He L, Proksch P (1993): Insecticidal constituents from four species of Zingiberaceae. Phytochemistry 34: 415-419.
9. Roth GN, Chandra A, Nair MG (1998): Novel bioactivities of Curcuma longa constituents. J Nat Prod 61: 542-545.
10. Sivarajan VV, Balachandran I (1994): Ayurvedic Drugs and Their Plant Sources, Oxford & IBH Publishing Co. Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi, pp. 169-170.
11. Sukumar K, Perich MJ, Boobar LR (1991): Botanical derivatives is mosquito control: A review. J Am Mosq Control Assoc 72: 210-237.
12. WHO (1981) Instructions for determining the susceptibility or resistance of mosquito larvae to insecticides, Mimeographed document, WHO/VBC/81.807.