Laboratory evaluation of natural saponin as a bioactive agent against Aedes aegypti and Culex pipiens

Dengue Bulletin

Volumn 27, Issue , 2003, Pages 168-173

  Wiesman, Zeev ^a   Chapagain, Bishnu P ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Aedes aegypti; Balanites aegyptiaca; Culex pipiens; Dengue fever; Quillaja saponaria; Saponin; West Nile virus

Indexed keywords

INSECTICIDE; PLANT EXTRACT; SAPONIN;

AEDES AEGYPTI; ARTICLE; BALANITES; BIOASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CULEX PIPIENS; DATA ANALYSIS; LABORATORY TEST; LARVA; NONHUMAN; QUILLAJA; RISK ASSESSMENT; VECTOR CONTROL;

AEDES AEGYPTI; BALANITES; BALANITES AEGYPTIACA; CULEX PIPIENS; MAMMALIA; QUILLAJA; QUILLAJA SAPONARIA; SAPONARIA; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 3042806952     PISSN: 1020895X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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