Larvicidal activity in desert plants of the Negev and Bedouin market plant products

Pharmaceutical Biology

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 265-273

  Sathiyamoorthy, P ^a   Lugasi Evgi, H ^c   Van Damme, P ^b   Abu Rabia, A ^a   Gopas, J ^c   Golan Goldhirsh, A ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cytotoxicity; Desert medicinal plants; Melanoma; Mosquito larva

Indexed keywords

EID: 21544456095     PISSN: 13880209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/phbi.35.4.265.13314     Document Type: Article

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