Toxic effects of aqueous extract of Nerium oleander (Apocynaceae) leaves and its latex on total protein level in fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster (Diptera: Drosophilidae)

Fresenius Environmental Bulletin

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 616-619

  Agar, Güleray ^a   Uysal, Handan ^a   Kaya, Yusuf ^a  

^a ATATÜRK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Chronic toxicity; Drosophila melanogaster; Latex; Nerium oleander; Protein level

Indexed keywords

FLY; TOXICITY;

DIPTERA; DROSOPHILA (GENUS); DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILIDAE; NERIUM; NERIUM OLEANDER;

EID: 22744446151     PISSN: 10184619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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