The relative susceptibilities of juvenile and adult Bulinus globosus and Bulinus truncatus to the molluscicidal activities in the fruit of Ghanaian Blighia sapida, Blighia unijugata and Balanites aegyptiaca

Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 211-217

  Anto, F ^a   Aryeetey, M E ^b   Anyorigiya, T ^a   Asoala, V ^a   Kpikpi, J ^c  

^a NAVRONGO HEALTH RESEARCH CENTRE   (Ghana)

^b University of Ghana   (Ghana)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BALANITES AEGYPTIACA EXTRACT; BLIGHIA SAPIDA EXTRACT; BLIGHIA UNIJUGATA EXTRACT; MOLLUSCACIDE; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; BALANITES AEGYPTIACA; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; BLIGHIA SAPIDA; BLIGHIA UNIJUGATA; BULINUS; BULINUS GLOBOSUS; BULINUS TRUNCATUS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DRUG SENSITIVITY; EXTRACTION; FREEZE DRYING; FRUIT; GHANA; HABITAT STRUCTURE; HEATING; JUVENILE; LABORATORY; LC 50; LC 95; NONHUMAN; PLANT; POWDER;

ANIMALS; BALANITES; BLIGHIA; BULINUS; DISEASE VECTORS; FREEZE DRYING; HUMANS; MOLLUSCACIDES; PEST CONTROL; PLANT EXTRACTS; SCHISTOSOMIASIS;

EID: 15344347759     PISSN: 00034983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/136485905X24229     Document Type: Article

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