Larvicidal and insect growth regulator effect of α-amyrin acetate from Catharanthus roseus Linn against the malaria vector Anopheles stephensi Liston (Diptera: Culicidae)

Entomological Research

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 78-83

  Kuppusamy, Chenniappan ^a   Murugan, Kadarkarai ^a   Arul, Narayanasamy ^a   Yasodha, Perumal ^b  

^a BHARATHIAR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b TAMIL NADU AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

amyrin acetate; Anopheles stephensi; Catharanthus roseus; Fecundity; Insect growth regulator activity; Larvicide

Indexed keywords

ANOPHELES STEPHENSI; CATHARANTHUS ROSEUS; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 58249112258     PISSN: 17382297     EISSN: 17485967     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-5967.2009.00196.x     Document Type: Article

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