Antitermitic activity of extractives from three Brazilian hardwoods against Nasutitermes corniger

International Biodeterioration and Biodegradation

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 7-12

  Santana, Andréa L B D ^a   Maranhão, Cláudia A ^a   Santos, Jefferson C ^a   Cunha, Franklin M ^c   Conceição, Gonçalo M ^d   Bieber, Lothar W ^a   Nascimento, Márcia S ^b  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE QUÍMICA FUNDAMENTAL   (Brazil)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE MICOLOGIA   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL RURAL DE PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSIDADE ESTADUAL DO MARANHÃO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Anadenanthera colubrina; Antitermitic activity; Bowdichia virgilioides; Hymenaea stigonocarpa; Nasutitermes corniger

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; CYCLOHEXANE; METABOLITES; TERMITE RESISTANCE; WOOD PRODUCTS;

ANADENANTHERA COLUBRINA; BOWDICHIA VIRGILIOIDES; HIGH RESISTANCE; HYMENAEA STIGONOCARPA; LABORATORY TEST; NASUTITERMES CORNIGER; SECONDARY METABOLITES; TERMITE SPECIES;

HARDWOODS;

ALKALOID; BIODEGRADATION; BIOTECHNOLOGY; LABORATORY METHOD; LEGUME; PEST RESISTANCE; PLANT EXTRACT; SECONDARY METABOLITE; SURVIVAL; TERMITE; TIMBER;

BIODEGRADATION; CYCLOHEXANE; ESTERS; HARDWOODS; RESISTANCE; TERMITES; WOOD PRODUCTS;

ANADENANTHERA COLUBRINA; BOWDICHIA VIRGILIOIDES; COLUBRINA; HYMENAEA; HYMENAEA STIGONOCARPA; ISOPTERA; NASUTITERMES CORNIGER; TERMITIDAE;

EID: 73149090989     PISSN: 09648305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ibiod.2009.07.009     Document Type: Article

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