Latex constituents from Calotropis procera (R. Br.) display toxicity upon egg hatching and larvae of Aedes aegypti (Linn.)

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 101, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 503-510

  Ramos, Márcio Viana ^a   Bandeira, Glaís De Paiva ^a   De Freitas, Cléverson Diniz Teixeira ^a   Nogueira, Nádia Accioly Pinto ^a   Alencar, Nylane Maria Nunes ^a   De Sousa, Petrônio Augusto Simão ^b   Carvalho, Ana Fontenele Urano ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Dengue; Larvicidal; Laticiferous plants; Plant proteins; Tropical diseases

Indexed keywords

AEDES AEGYPTI; ANIMALIA; APOCYNACEAE; CALOTROPIS; CALOTROPIS PROCERA;

EID: 33747823792     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: 16788060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762006000500004     Document Type: Article

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