Larvicidal activity of saponins from Balanites aegyptiaca callus against Aedes aegypti mosquito

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 99, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1165-1168

  Chapagain, Bishnu P ^a   Saharan, Vinod ^a,b   Wiesman, Zeev ^b  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b CCS HARYANA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Aedes; Balanites; Callus; Larvicidal; Saponins

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); GROWTH KINETICS; POPULATION STATISTICS;

AEDES; BALANITES; SAPONINS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

LARVICIDAL AGENT; SAPONIN;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); GROWTH KINETICS; PLANTS (BOTANY); POPULATION STATISTICS;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); LARVA; MORTALITY; MOSQUITO; PLANT;

AEDES AEGYPTI; ARTICLE; BALANITES; BALANITES AEGYPTIACA; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; IN VITRO STUDY; INSECTICIDAL ACTIVITY; LARVA; LARVICIDAL ACTIVITY; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AEDES; ANIMALS; BALANITES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; INSECTICIDES; LARVA; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; SAPONINS;

AEDES AEGYPTI; BALANITES; BALANITES AEGYPTIACA;

EID: 37049026870     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2007.02.023     Document Type: Article

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