Evaluation of leaf extracts of Vitex negundo L. (Family: Verbenaceae) against larvae of Culex tritaeniorhynchus and repellent activity on adult vector mosquitoes

Parasitology Research

Volumn 103, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 545-550

  Karunamoorthi, Kaliyaperumal ^a   Ramanujam, Sayeenathan ^b   Rathinasamy, Rajendran ^c  

^a JIMMA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c CSIR CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF MEDICINAL AND AROMATIC PLANTS   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMATERIAL; INSECTICIDE; LARVICIDAL AGENT; VITEX NEGUNDO EXTRACT;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULEX; CULEX TRITAENIORHYNCUS; DISEASE CARRIER; DRUG EFFICACY; EPIDEMIC ENCEPHALITIS; INSECTICIDAL ACTIVITY; LARVAL STAGE; LC 50; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; PARASITE VECTOR; PLANT LEAF; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VERBENACEAE; VITEX;

ANIMALS; CULEX; INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION 50; INSECT REPELLENTS; INSECTICIDES; LARVA; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; VITEX;

CULEX TRITAENIORHYNCHUS; JAPANESE ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS; VERBENACEAE; VITEX NEGUNDO;

EID: 46749158635     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-008-1005-5     Document Type: Article

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