Larvicidal Activity of the Essential Oil from Lippia sidoides Cham. against Aedes aegypti Linn

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 98, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 569-571

  Urano Carvalho, Ana Fontenele ^a   Melo, Vânia Maria Maciel ^a   Craveiro, Afrânio Aragão ^a   Machado, Maria Iracema Lacerda ^a   Bantim, Márcia Braga ^a   Rabelo, Emanuelle Fontenele ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Larvicidal activity; Lippia sidoides; Thymol

Indexed keywords

CARVACROL; ESSENTIAL OIL; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; THYMOL; WATER; VEGETABLE OIL;

AEDES AEGYPTI; ALKYLATION; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DILUTION; EXTRACTION; GAS LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LARVA; LIPPIA; LIPPIA SIDOIDES; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PURIFICATION; VAPOR; AEDES; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG SENSITIVITY;

AEDES AEGYPTI; LIPPIA;

AEDES; ANIMALS; LARVA; LIPPIA; OILS, VOLATILE; PARASITIC SENSITIVITY TESTS; PLANT OILS;

EID: 0346991925     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0074-02762003000400027     Document Type: Article

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