Effect of Melia azedarach extract on the activity of NADPH-cytochrome c reductase and cholinesterase in insects

Pesticide Biochemistry and Physiology

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 99-103

  Breuer, Michael ^a   Hoste, Bruno ^a   De Loof, Arnold ^a   Naqvi, S N H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b BAQAI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Cholinesterase; Leucophaea maderae; Melia azedarach; NADPH cytochrome c reductase; Plant extract; Plant insecticide; Spodoptera frugiperda

Indexed keywords

BLATTARIA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; LEUCOPHAEA MADERAE; MELIA AZEDARACH; SPODOPTERA; SPODOPTERA FRUGIPERDA;

EID: 0041474897     PISSN: 00483575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-3575(03)00067-1     Document Type: Article

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