Larvicidal activity of saponin from Achyranthes aspera against Aedes aegypti and Culex quinquefasciatus (Diptera: Culicidae)

Parasitology Research

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 223-229

  Bagavan, A ^a   Rahuman, A A ^a   Kamaraj, C ^a   Geetha, Kannappan ^b  

^a C ABDUL HAKEEM COLLEGE   (India)

^b Muthurangam Government Arts College (Autonomous)   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACALYPHA INDICA EXRACT; ACETIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; ACETONE; ACHYRANTHES ASPERA EXTRACT; CHLOROFORM; HEXANE; LEUCAS ASPERA EXTRACT; METHANOL; MORINDA TINCTORIA EXTRACT; OCIMUM SANCTUM EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; SAPONIN;

ACALYPHA INDICA; AEDES AEGYPTI; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CARBON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CULEX QUINQUEFASCIATUS; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG IDENTIFICATION; FRACTIONATION; LARVA; LC 50; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MEDICINAL PLANT; MORINDA TINCTORIA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACHYRANTHES; AEDES; ANIMALS; CULEX; INSECTICIDES; LARVA; PLANT LEAVES; SAPONINS;

ACALYPHA INDICA; ACHYRANTHES ASPERA; AEDES AEGYPTI; CULEX PIPIENS QUINQUEFASCIATUS; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA; LEUCAS ASPERA; MORINDA TINCTORIA; OCIMUM TENUIFLORUM;

EID: 43049100772     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-008-0962-z     Document Type: Article

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