The lethality of Euphorbia conspicua to adults of Biomphalaria glabrata, cercaria of Schistosoma mansoni and larvae of Artemia salina

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 135-139

  dos Santos, Aldenir F ^a   de Azevedo, Denise P L ^a   dos Santos Mata, Rosalina da C ^b   de Mendonça, Dina I M Dinis ^c   Sant'Ana, Antônio E Goulart ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF ALAGOAS   (Brazil)

^b Universidade Agostinho Neto   (Angola)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BEIRA INTERIOR   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Brine shrimp toxicity assay; Cercaricide; Diterpenes; Euphorbia conspicua; Latex; Molluscicide

Indexed keywords

CERCARICIDE; DITERPENES; EUPHORBIA CONSPICUA; MOLLUSCICIDE;

BIODIVERSITY; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); TOXICITY;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

DITERPENE; IRRITANT AGENT; LATEX; MOLLUSCACIDE; PLANT EXTRACT; TRITERPENE;

BIODIVERSITY; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); PLANTS (BOTANY); TOXICITY;

BIOASSAY; BIOCONTROL AGENT; CHEMICAL CONTROL; PESTICIDE; PLANT EXTRACT; SNAIL; TOXICITY;

ARTEMIA; ARTICLE; BIOMPHALARIA GLABRATA; CERCARIA; EUPHORBIA; LARVA; LC 50; MOLLUSC; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; TOXICITY TESTING;

ANIMALS; ARTEMIA; BIOMPHALARIA; EUPHORBIA; LARVA; LATEX; LETHAL DOSE 50; PLANT EXTRACTS; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI;

ANOSTRACA; ARTEMIA; ARTEMIA SALINA; BIOMPHALARIA GLABRATA; EUPHORBIA; EUPHORBIACEAE; GASTROPODA; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI;

EID: 33748044636     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2005.11.020     Document Type: Article

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