Insecticidal activity of essential oils of ceylon cinnamomum and cymbopogon species against musca domestica

Journal of Essential Oil Research

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 352-354

  Samarasekera, Radhika ^a   Kalhari, Kosmulalage S ^a   Weerasinghe, Indira S ^b  

^a INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE   (Sri Lanka)

^b Medical Research Institute Colombo   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Cinnamaldehyde; Cinnamomum zeylanicum; Citral; Cymbopogon citratus; Cymbopogon nardus; Essential oil composition; Eugenol; Geraniol; Gramineae; Insecticidal activity; Lauraceae; Musca domestica

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; INSECTICIDES;

CINNAMOMUM ZEYLANICUM; CYMBOPOGON CITRATUS; CYMBOPOGON NARDUS; ESSENTIAL OIL COMPOSITION;

ESSENTIAL OILS;

CINNAMOMUM; CINNAMOMUM VERUM; CYMBOPOGON; CYMBOPOGON CITRATUS; CYMBOPOGON NARDUS; LAURACEAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; MUSCA DOMESTICA; POACEAE;

EID: 33646751524     PISSN: 10412905     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10412905.2006.9699110     Document Type: Article

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