Laboratory study on larvicidal activity of indigenous plant extracts against Anopheles subpictus and Culex tritaeniorhynchus

Parasitology Research

Volumn 104, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1381-1388

  Elango, G ^a   Rahuman, A Abdul ^a   Bagavan, A ^a   Kamaraj, C ^a   Zahir, A Abduz ^a   Venkatesan, C ^a  

^a C ABDUL HAKEEM COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; ACETONE; AEGLE MARMELOS EXTRACT; ANDROGRAPHIS LINEATA EXTRACT; ANDROGRAPHIS PANICULATA EXTRACT; CHLOROFORM; COCCULUS HIRSUTUS EXTRACT; ECLIPTA PROSTRATA EXTRACT; HEXANE; LARVICIDAL AGENT; METHANOL; TAGETES ERECTA EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AEGLE MARMELOS; ANDROGRAPHIS LINEATA; ANDROGRAPHIS PANICULATA; ANOPHELES SUBPICTUS; ARTICLE; COCCULUS HIRSUTUS; CULEX TRITAENIORHYNCUS; DISEASE CARRIER; ECLIPTA PROSTRATA; LABORATORY; LARVA; LC 50; MORTALITY; MOSQUITO; PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TAGETES ERECTA;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; CULEX; DISEASE VECTORS; HUMANS; INDIA; INSECTICIDES; LARVA; LETHAL DOSE 50; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANTS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

AEGLE MARMELOS; ANDROGRAPHIS; ANDROGRAPHIS PANICULATA; ANOPHELES SUBPICTUS; COCCULUS HIRSUTUS; CULEX TRITAENIORHYNCHUS; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA; ECLIPTA PROSTRATA; JAPANESE ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS; TAGETES ERECTA;

EID: 65349174135     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-009-1339-7     Document Type: Article

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