Acute and sub-acute toxicity of an insect pheromone, N-heneicosane and combination with insect growth regulator, diflubenzuron, for establishing no observed adverse effect level (NOAEL)

Indian Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 48, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 744-751

  Bhutia, Yangchen Doma ^a   Gautam, Anshoo ^a   Jain, Neeti ^a   Ahmed, Fakhruddin ^a   Sharma, Manoj ^a   Singh, Ram ^a   Kumar, Satish ^a   Mendki, Murlidhar Jaywantrao ^a   Kumar, Pravin ^a   Vijayaraghavan, R ^a  

^a DEFENCE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ESTABLISHMENT   (India)

Author keywords

Acute toxicity; Attracticide; Diflubenzuron; Heneicosane; Insect growth regulator; Noael; Sub acute toxicity

Indexed keywords

DIFLUBENZURON; FATTY ACID; HENEICOSANOIC ACID; JUVENILE HORMONE; PHEROMONE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM; FEMALE; LD 50; MALE; MOUSE; RABBIT; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RAT; SKIN; WISTAR RAT; DRUG EFFECTS; RADIATION RESPONSE; TOXICITY;

ANIMALS; DIFLUBENZURON; FATTY ACIDS; FEMALE; JUVENILE HORMONES; LETHAL DOSE 50; MALE; MICE; NO-OBSERVED-ADVERSE-EFFECT LEVEL; PHEROMONES; RABBITS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SKIN;

AEDES AEGYPTI; HEXAPODA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; RATTUS;

EID: 77954297283     PISSN: 00195189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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