Insecticidal activity of essential oil from Chamaecyparis formosensis Matsum

Holzforschung

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 595-599

  Kuo, Pei Min ^a   Chu, Fang Hua ^b   Chang, Shang Tzen ^b   Hsiao, Wen Feng ^c   Wang, Sheng Yang ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL CHIAYI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Chamaecyparis formosensis; Essential oil; Mosquito; Silverfish; SPME

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; FORESTRY; SOFTWOODS;

MOSQUITO; SILVERFISH; SPME;

ESSENTIAL OILS;

CHAMAECYPARIS TAIWANENSIS; FISHES; OIL;

AEDES AEGYPTI; AEDES ALBOPICTUS; CHAMAECYPARIS; CHAMAECYPARIS FORMOSENSIS; HEXAPODA;

EID: 34547782789     PISSN: 00183830     EISSN: 1437434X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/HF.2007.087     Document Type: Article

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