Studies on effects of indigenous plant extracts on malarial vector, Anopheles subpictus Grassi (Diptera:Culicidae)

Tropical Biomedicine

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 143-154

  Elango, G ^a   Abdul Rahuman, A ^a   Bagavan, A ^a   Kamaraj, C ^a   Abduz Zahir, A ^a   Rajakumar, G ^a   Marimuthu, S ^a   Santhoshkumar, T ^a  

^a C ABDUL HAKEEM COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSECT REPELLENT; INSECTICIDE; PLANT EXTRACT;

ANIMAL; ANOPHELES; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRUG EFFECT; MALARIA; OOCYTE;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; INSECT REPELLENTS; INSECT VECTORS; INSECTICIDES; MALARIA; OVUM; PLANT EXTRACTS;

EID: 77957689780     PISSN: 01275720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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