Toxicity of aqueous extract of Euphorbia tirucalli latex on catfish, Heteropneustes fossilis

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 73, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1671-1673

  Kumar, Abhishek ^a   Prasad, ManiRam ^a   Mishra, Diwakar ^a   Srivastav, Sunil K ^a   Srivastav, Ajai K ^a  

^a D D U GORAKHPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Euphorbia tirucalli; Fish; LC50; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

ORGANOPHOSPHATE PESTICIDE; PYRETHROID;

FISH; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; MORTALITY; SHRUB; TOXICITY TEST;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CATFISH; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUPHORBIA; EUPHORBIA TIRUCALI; FEMALE; HETEROPNEUSTES FOSSILIS; LC 50; MALE; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN;

ACUTE TOXICITY TESTS; ANIMALS; CATFISHES; EUPHORBIA; LATEX; LETHAL DOSE 50; PLANT EXTRACTS; TIME FACTORS;

EUPHORBIA TIRUCALLI; HETEROPNEUSTES FOSSILIS;

EID: 77956989074     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: 10902414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2010.08.003     Document Type: Article

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