Insecticidal activity, mammalian cytotoxicity and mutagenicity of an ethanolic extract from Nerium oleander (Apocynaceae)

Annals of Applied Biology

Volumn 136, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 153-157

  El Shazly, M M ^a   El Zayat, E M ^a   Hermersdorfer H ^b  

^a CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b GERMAN INSTITUTE OF HUMAN NUTRITION   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cytotoxicity; Insecticidal bioassay; Mutagenicity; Nerium oleander

Indexed keywords

APOCYNACEAE; CALLIPHORIDAE; CHRYSOMYA ALBICEPS; CRICETINAE; CRICETULUS GRISEUS; DIPTERA; MAMMALIA; NERIUM; NERIUM OLEANDER; OXY;

EID: 0033945167     PISSN: 00034746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7348.2000.tb00020.x     Document Type: Article

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