Repellent activities of stereoisomers of p-menthane-3,8-diols Against anopheles gambiae (Diptera: Culicidae)

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 736-741

  Barasa, Stephen S ^a,b   Ndiege, Isaiah O ^b   Lwande, Wilber ^a   Hassanali, Ahmed ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY ICIPE   (Kenya)

^b KENYATTA UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Anopheles gambiae s.s; Eucalyptus citriodora; p menthane 3,8 diol; Repellency; Stereoisomers

Indexed keywords

ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; CORYMBIA CITRIODORA; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA; EUCALYPTUS;

DRUG DERIVATIVE; INSECT REPELLENT; MENTHOL; TERPIN;

ANIMAL; ANOPHELES; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; EUCALYPTUS; FEMALE; METHODOLOGY; MOSQUITO; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; STEREOISOMERISM;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; EUCALYPTUS; FEMALE; INSECT REPELLENTS; MENTHOL; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; MOSQUITO CONTROL; PLANT LEAVES; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 0036725361     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-2585-39.5.736     Document Type: Article

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