Leaf extracts of Melia azedarach Linnaeus (Sapindales: Meliaceae) act as larvicide against Aedes aegypti (Linnaeus, 1762) (Diptera: Culicidae)

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 560-564

  Prophiro, Josiane Somariva ^a,b   Rossi, Juliana Chedid Nogared ^b   Pedroso, Murilo Fernandes ^b   Kanis, Luiz Alberto ^b   Da Silva, Onilda Santos ^b,c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aedes aegypti; Control; Melia azedarach; Natural products

Indexed keywords

LARVICIDAL AGENT; MELIA AZEDARACH EXTRACT;

AEDES AEGYPTI; ARTICLE; EXPOSURE; FLY; LARVA; MELIA AZEDARACH; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF;

AEDES AEGYPTI; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA; MELIA AZEDARACH; MELIACEAE; SAPINDALES;

AEDES; ANIMALS; AZADIRACHTA; LARVA; PARASITIC SENSITIVITY TESTS; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES;

EID: 59349107826     PISSN: 00378682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0037-86822008000600003     Document Type: Article

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