Larvicidal effect of mineral turpentine, low aromatic white spirits, aqueous extracts of Cassia alata, and aqueous extracts, ethanolic extracts and essential oil of betel leaf (Piper betle) on Chrysomya megacephala

International Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 41, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 877-880

  Kumarasinghe, Sujith Prasad W ^a   Karunaweera, Nadira D ^b   Ihalamulla, Ranjan L ^b   Arambewela, Lakshmi S R ^c   Dissanayake, Roshinie D S C T ^c  

^a Faculty of Medicine   (Sri Lanka)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO   (Sri Lanka)

^c INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; BETEL ESSENTIAL OIL; BETEL EXTRACT; CASSIA EXTRACT; DODECYL SULFATE SODIUM; ESSENTIAL OIL; LOW AROMATIC WHITE SPIRIT; METHYL PARABEN; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT; POLYSORBATE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TURPENTINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; EMOLLIENT AGENT; HYDROCARBON; IRRITANT AGENT; LIGROIN; MINERAL OIL; PLANT EXTRACT;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; BETEL NUT; BREEDING; CHROMATOGRAPHY; CHRYSOMYA MEGACEPHALA; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; COTTON; DILUTION; DISTILLATION; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG ISOLATION; EXPERIMENT; FLY; IN VITRO STUDY; INSECTICIDAL ACTIVITY; LARVA; MYIASIS; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; RECORDING; SAMPLE; SENNA; SRI LANKA; STANDARD; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; HUMAN; PHYTOTHERAPY; PIPER BETLE; TIME;

ANIMALS; CASSIA; DIPTERA; EMOLLIENTS; HUMANS; HYDROCARBONS; IRRITANTS; LARVA; MINERAL OIL; MYIASIS; OILS, VOLATILE; PHYTOTHERAPY; PIPER BETLE; PLANT EXTRACTS; TIME FACTORS; TURPENTINE;

EID: 0036882272     PISSN: 00119059     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-4362.2002.01660.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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