Chemical constituents and larvicidal activity of the essential oil of polylophium involvucratum (pall.) Boiss (Apiaceae)

Journal of Plant Sciences

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 575-578

  Reza, Verdian Rizi Mohammad ^a   Abbas, Hadjiakhoondi ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Anopheles stephensi; Culex pipiens; Essential oil; Limonene; Polylophium involvucratum

Indexed keywords

ANOPHELES STEPHENSI; APIACEAE; APIALES; CULEX PIPIENS; POLYLOPHIUM;

EID: 34548721066     PISSN: 18164951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/jps.2007.575.578     Document Type: Article

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