Molluscicides from some common medicinal plants of eastern Uttar Pradesh, India

Journal of Applied Toxicology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-7

  Singh, Sunil Kumar ^b   Yadav, Ram P ^b   Singh, Ajay ^a  

^a D D U GORAKHPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Alstonia scholaris; Euphorbia hirta; Euphorbia pulcherima; Molluscicides; Snail; Thevetia peruviana

Indexed keywords

ALKALOID; APIGENIN 5 METHYL ETHER; DITERPENOID; FLAVONOID; LACTONE; MOLLUSCACIDE; SAPONIN; TANNIN; TRITERPENOID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALSTONIA; BIOSYNTHESIS; EUPHORBIA; INDIA; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; THEVETIA;

ALSTONIA; ANIMALS; DISEASE VECTORS; EUPHORBIA; INDIA; LYMNAEA; MOLLUSCACIDES; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; SNAILS; THEVETIA;

ALSTONIA SCHOLARIS; APOCYNACEAE; BASOMMATOPHORA; CHAMAESYCE HIRTA; EUPHORBIA; EUPHORBIACEAE; FASCIOLA GIGANTICA; FASCIOLA HEPATICA; GASTROPODA; THEVETIA PERUVIANA; TREMATODA;

EID: 74549170940     PISSN: 0260437X     EISSN: 10991263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jat.1498     Document Type: Review

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