The essential oil of Zingiber officinalis Linn (Zingiberaceae) as a mosquito larvicidal and repellent agent against the filarial vector Culex quinquefasciatus Say (Diptera: Culicidae)

Parasitology Research

Volumn 102, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1289-1291

  Pushpanathan, Thambusamy ^a   Jebanesan, Arulsamy ^a   Govindarajan, Marimuthu ^a  

^a ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID DERIVATIVE; CINNAMIC ACID; DITERPENE; ESSENTIAL OIL; GINGER EXTRACT; GINGEROL; LARVICIDAL AGENT; NICOTINIC ACID; PROTEIN DERIVATIVE; RETINOL; STARCH; SULFONIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULEX QUINQUEFASCIATUS; DISEASE CARRIER; DISTILLATION; FILARIA; FLY; GINGER; LC 50; MORTALITY; MOSQUITO; MUCILAGE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHIZOME; ZINGIBERACEAE;

ANIMALS; CULEX; INSECT REPELLENTS; INSECTICIDES; LARVA; LETHAL DOSE 50; OILS, VOLATILE; PLANT EXTRACTS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; ZINGIBERACEAE;

CULEX PIPIENS QUINQUEFASCIATUS; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA; ZINGIBER; ZINGIBERACEAE;

EID: 42049117595     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-008-0907-6     Document Type: Article

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