Larvicidal activities of sesquiterpenes from Inula helenium (Compositae) against Aedes albopictus (Diptera: Culicidae) and Paratanytarsus grimmii (Diptera: Chironomidae)

Applied Entomology and Zoology

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 77-81

  Konishi, Tenji ^a   Kondo, Shigeo ^b   Uchiyama, Nahoko ^c  

^a DOSHISHA WOMEN'S COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS   (Japan)

^b AICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aedes albopictus; Inula helenium; Larvicidal activity; Paratanytarsus grimmii; Sesquiterpenes

Indexed keywords

AEDES ALBOPICTUS; ASTERACEAE; CHIRONOMIDAE; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA; INULA; INULA HELENIUM; PARATANYTARSUS GRIMMII;

EID: 45749107743     PISSN: 00036862     EISSN: 1347605X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1303/aez.2008.77     Document Type: Article

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