A study of the larvicidal activity of two Croton species from northeastern Brazil against Aedes aegypti

Pharmaceutical Biology

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 615-620

  Dória, Grace A A ^a   Silva, Wellington J ^a   Carvalho, Gilcia A ^b   Alves, Péricles B ^a   Cavalcanti, Sócrates C H ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SERGIPE   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL RURAL DE PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Aedes aegypti; Bicyclogermacrene; Croton species; Essential oil; Larvicidal activity; caryophyllene

Indexed keywords

BETA COPAEN 4 ALPHA OL; BICYCLOGERMACRENE; CARYOPHYLLENE; CROTON OIL; ESSENTIAL OIL; GERMACRENE D; T CADINOL; TERPENOID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; INSECTICIDE; VEGETABLE OIL;

AEDES AEGYPTI; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CROTON; CROTON HELIOTROPIIFOLIUS; CROTON PULEGIODORUS; DRUG MECHANISM; INSECTICIDAL ACTIVITY; LC 50; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; AEDES; ANIMAL; BRAZIL; CHEMISTRY; DRUG POTENTIATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LARVA; LD 50; MOSQUITO; PROCEDURES;

AEDES; ANIMALS; BRAZIL; CROTON; DRUG SYNERGISM; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; INSECTICIDES; LARVA; LETHAL DOSE 50; MOSQUITO CONTROL; OILS, VOLATILE; PLANT OILS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 77952937164     PISSN: 13880209     EISSN: 17445116     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13880200903222952     Document Type: Article

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