Larvicidal activity of fatty acid methyl esters of Vitex species against Culex quinquefasciatus

Parasitology Research

Volumn 103, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 999-1001

  Kannathasan, Krishnan ^a   Senthilkumar, Annadurai ^a   Venkatesalu, Venugopalan ^a   Chandrasekaran, Manivachagam ^a  

^a ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FATTY ACID ESTER; LAURIC ACID; LINOLENIC ACID; OLEIC ACID; PALMITIC ACID; STEARIC ACID;

ARTICLE; CULEX QUINQUEFASCIATUS; DRUG ACTIVITY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; LARVICIDAL ACTIVITY; LC 50; LIPID COMPOSITION; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VITEX ALTISSIMA; VITEX NEGUNDO; VITEX TRIFOLIA;

ANIMALS; CULEX; FATTY ACIDS; INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION 50; INSECTICIDES; LARVA; PLANT EXTRACTS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; VITEX;

CULEX PIPIENS QUINQUEFASCIATUS; VITEX; VITEX ALTISSIMA; VITEX NEGUNDO; VITEX TRIFOLIA;

EID: 48349142497     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-008-1078-1     Document Type: Article

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