Larvicidal activity of compounds isolated from asarum heterotropoides against culex pipiens pallens, aedes aegypti, and ochlerotatus togoi (diptera: Culicidae)

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1420-1423

  Perumalsamy, Haribalan ^a   Kim, Nam Jin ^a   Ahn, Young Joon ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Asarum heterotropoides; Botanical insecticide; Essential oil; Mosquito; Natural larvicide

Indexed keywords

AEDES AEGYPTI; ASARUM; CULEX PIPIENS; CULEX PIPIENS PALLENS; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA; OCHLEROTATUS TOGOI;

ESSENTIAL OIL; INSECTICIDE;

AEDES; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ASARUM; CHEMISTRY; CULEX; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LARVA; LD 50; OCHLEROTATUS; PLANT ROOT;

AEDES; ANIMALS; ASARUM; CULEX; INSECTICIDES; LARVA; LETHAL DOSE 50; OCHLEROTATUS; OILS, VOLATILE; PLANT ROOTS;

EID: 75549083391     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/033.046.0624     Document Type: Article

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