Larvicidal activity of latex and stem bark of Euphorbia tirucalli plant on the mosquito Culex quinquefasciatus

Journal of Communicable Diseases

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 264-269

  Yadav, Rajeshwari ^a   Srivastava, V K ^b   Chandra, Ramesh ^b   Singh, Ajay ^a  

^a D D U GORAKHPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b Malaria Department   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLOROFORM; ETHER; LARVICIDAL AGENT; LATEX; METHANOL; PLANT EXTRACT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BARK; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULEX QUINQUEFASCIATUS; EUPHORBIA TIRUCALLI; EVALUATION; EXTRACTION; FILARIASIS; FISH; LABORATORY; LARVA; MORTALITY; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; PARASITE VECTOR; PLANT; PLANT STEM; TIME; TOXICITY; URBAN POPULATION; ANIMAL; CULEX; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; EUPHORBIA; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION;

ANIMALS; CULEX; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EUPHORBIA; LATEX; PLANT BARK; PLANT EXTRACTS;

EID: 1242309841     PISSN: 00195138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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