Bioefficiency of Cassia fistula linn. (Leguminosae) leaf extract against chikungunya vector, Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae)

European Review for Medical and Pharmacological Sciences

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 99-103

  Govindarajan, M ^a  

^a ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Aedes aegypti; Cassia fistula; Larvicidal activity; Ovicidal activity; Repellent activity

Indexed keywords

ACETONE; BENZENE; CASSIA FISTULA EXTRACT; INSECT REPELLENT; LARVICIDAL AGENT; METHANOL; INSECTICIDE; PLANT EXTRACT; SOLVENT;

AEDES AEGYPTI; ARTHROPOD LARVA; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; CHIKUNGUNYA ALPHAVIRUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HATCHING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDIA; INSECTICIDAL ACTIVITY; LARVICIDAL ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; OVICIDAL ACTIVITY; PLANT LEAF; VECTOR CONTROL; VIRUS CARRIER; AEDES; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; DISEASE CARRIER; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LARVA; LD 50; OOCYTE; SENNA; TIME;

AEDES; ANIMALS; CASSIA; CHIKUNGUNYA VIRUS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; INSECT REPELLENTS; INSECT VECTORS; INSECTICIDES; LARVA; LETHAL DOSE 50; OVUM; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; SOLVENTS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 65649140509     PISSN: 11283602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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