Chemical constituents of essential oils of muña, Bolivian plants traditionally used as pesticides, and their insecticidal properties against Chagas' disease vectors

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 145-149

  Fournet, A ^a   Rojas De Arias, A ^b   Charles, B ^c   Bruneton, J ^c  

^a Inst Francais Rech Sci pour le D   (Paraguay)

^b Instituto de Investigaciones en Ciencias de la Salud Universidad Nacional de Asuncion   (Paraguay)

^c UNIVERSITÉ D'ANGERS   (France)

Author keywords

Essential oil composition; Hedomea mandonianum; Insecticidal properties; Labiatae; Minthostachys andina; Mu a; Triatominae

Indexed keywords

ESSENTIAL OIL; INSECTICIDE; ISOMENTHONE; MENTHONE; PESTICIDE; PULEGONE;

ARTICLE; BOLIVIA; CHAGAS DISEASE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CARRIER; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HEMIPTERA; INFECTION CONTROL; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

ANIMALS; BOLIVIA; CHAGAS DISEASE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; INSECTICIDES; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; RHODNIUS; TRIATOMA;

EID: 0040154047     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-8741(96)01406-7     Document Type: Article

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