Studies on effect of Acalypha indica L. (Euphorbiaceae) leaf extracts on the malarial vector, Anopheles stephensi Liston (Diptera:Culicidae)

Parasitology Research

Volumn 103, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 691-695

  Govindarajan, M ^a   Jebanesan, A ^a   Pushpanathan, T ^a   Samidurai, K ^a  

^a ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACALYPHA INDICA EXTRACT; ACETIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; BENZENE; CHLOROFORM; EUPHORBIA EXTRACT; METHANOL;

ACALYPHA INDICA; ANOPHELES STEPHENSI; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG EFFECT; EGG LAYING; EUPHORBIA; FEMALE; FLY; HATCHING; LARVA; LC 50; MALARIA CONTROL; MORTALITY; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PARASITE VECTOR; PLANT LEAF; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VECTOR CONTROL;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; EUPHORBIACEAE; INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION 50; INSECTICIDES; LARVA; OVIPOSITION; OVUM; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

ACALYPHA INDICA; ANOPHELES STEPHENSI; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA; EUPHORBIACEAE;

EID: 46749109953     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-008-1032-2     Document Type: Article

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