Lippia javanica (Burm F) Spreng: Its general constituents and bioactivity on mosquitoes

Tropical Biomedicine

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 85-91

  Lukwa, Nzira ^a   Mølgaard, Per ^b   Furu, Peter ^c   Bøgh, Claus ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Zimbabwe)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c DANISH BILHARZIASIS LABORATORY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COUMARIN DERIVATIVE; ESSENTIAL OIL; FLAVONOID; INSECT REPELLENT; PLANT EXTRACT; VEGETABLE OIL;

AEDES; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIPPIA; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY; TIME; ZIMBABWE;

AEDES; ANIMALS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, THIN LAYER; COUMARINS; FEMALE; FLAVONOIDS; HUMANS; INSECT REPELLENTS; LIPPIA; MASS SPECTROMETRY; OILS, VOLATILE; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT OILS; TIME FACTORS; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 72449157542     PISSN: 01275720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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