Inconsequential study on larvicidal efficacy of anise and celery seed extracts indicates that standards in bioinsecticide screening are necessary

Current Bioactive Compounds

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 33-35

  Shaalan, E A ^a   Canyon, D V ^b  

^a ASWAN UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anise; Bioinsecticide; Botanical extracts; Celery; Mosquitoes; Screening standards

Indexed keywords

EID: 54749134574     PISSN: 15734072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/157340708784533429     Document Type: Review

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