Larvicidal efficacy of five cucurbitaceous plant leaf extracts against mosquito species

Parasitology Research

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 133-139

  Rahuman, A Abdul ^a   Venkatesan, P ^b  

^a C ABDUL HAKEEM COLLEGE   (India)

^b LOYOLA COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; ACETONE; COCCINIA INDICA EXTRACT; COLOCYNTH; CUCUMIS SATIVUS EXTRACT; HEXANE; LARVICIDAL AGENT; METHANOL EXTRACTION RESIDUE; MOMORDICA CHARANTIA EXTRACT; PETROLEUM ETHER; PLANT EXTRACT; TRICHOSANTHES ANGUINA EXTRACT;

AEDES AEGYPTI; ARTICLE; COCCINIA INDICA; CUCUMBER; CULEX QUINQUEFASCIATUS; DENGUE VIRUS; DISEASE CONTROL; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG EFFICACY; LARVA; MOMORDICA CHARANTIA; MORTALITY; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; PLANT; PLANT LEAF; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRICHOSANTHES ANGUINA;

ANIMALS; CUCURBITACEAE; CULICIDAE; INSECTICIDES; LARVA; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES;

AEDES AEGYPTI; ANGUINA; CITRULLUS COLOCYNTHIS; COCCINIA GRANDIS; CUCUMIS SATIVUS; CULEX PIPIENS QUINQUEFASCIATUS; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA; MOMORDICA CHARANTIA; TRICHOSANTHES CUCUMERINA VAR. ANGUINA;

EID: 43049098152     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-008-0940-5     Document Type: Article

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