Effect of crude extract of Solanum xanthocarpum against snails and mosquito larvae

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 320-325

  Changbunjong, Tanasak ^a   Wongwit, Waranya ^a   Leemingsawat, Somjai ^a   Tongtokit, Yuwadee ^a   Deesin, Vanida ^a  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Crude extract; Larvicidal activity; Molluscicidal activity; Solanum xanthocarpum

Indexed keywords

INSECTICIDE; PLANT EXTRACT;

AEDES; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; CULEX; DRUG EFFECTS; LARVA; MOSQUITO; PROCEDURES; SNAIL; SOLANUM; TOXICITY; TOXICITY TESTING;

AEDES; ANIMALS; CULEX; INSECTICIDES; LARVA; MOSQUITO CONTROL; PLANT EXTRACTS; SNAILS; SOLANUM; TOXICITY TESTS, ACUTE;

EID: 77956028081     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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