Laboratory evaluation of a phytosteroid compound of mature leaves of Day Jasmine (Solanaceae: Solanales) against larvae of Culex quinquefasciatus (Diptera: Culicidae) and nontarget organisms

Parasitology Research

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 271-277

  Ghosh, Anupam ^a   Chowdhury, Nandita ^a   Chandra, Goutam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BURDWAN   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CESTRUM DIURNUM EXTRACT; LARVICIDAL AGENT; PLANT EXTRACT;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANGIOSPERM; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CESTRUM DIURNUM; CHROMATOGRAPHY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CULEX QUINQUEFASCIATUS; JASMINE; LABORATORY TEST; LARVA; MEDICINAL PLANT; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; OREOCHROMIS NILOTICUS; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT LEAF; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STUDENT T TEST;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; CESTRUM; CULEX; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; INSECTICIDES; LARVA; LETHAL DOSE 50; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES;

CESTRUM DIURNUM; CHIRONOMIDAE; CULEX PIPIENS QUINQUEFASCIATUS; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA; OREOCHROMIS NILOTICUS; SOLANACEAE; SOLANALES;

EID: 44349151604     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-008-0963-y     Document Type: Article

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