Insecticidal and larvicidal activities of medicinal plant extracts against mosquitoes

Parasitology Research

Volumn 107, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1337-1349

  Kamaraj, Chinnaperumal ^a   Rahuman, Abdul Abdul ^a   Mahapatra, Anita ^b   Bagavan, Asokan ^a   Elango, Gandhi ^a  

^a C ABDUL HAKEEM COLLEGE   (India)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PHARMACEUTICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH NIPER AHMEDABAD   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; HEXANE; INSECT REPELLENT; INSECTICIDE; LARVICIDAL AGENT; METHANOL; PLANT EXTRACT;

ACANTHACEAE; ARISTOLOCHIA; ARISTOLOCHIA INDICA; ARTHROPOD LARVA; ARTICLE; CASSIA ANGUSTIFOLIA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CULEX; CULEX GELIDUS; CULEX QUINQUEFASCIATUS; DIOSPYROS MELANOXYLON; DOLICHOS; DOLICHOS BIFLORUS; GINGER; GYMNEMA SYLVESTRE; JUSTICIA PROCUMBENS; MIMOSA; MIMOSA PUDICA; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PARASITE VECTOR; PERSIMMON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENNA; VECTOR CONTROL; ZINGIBER ZERUMBET;

ANIMALS; CULEX; INSECT REPELLENTS; INSECTICIDES; LARVA; LETHAL DOSE 50; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

ARISTOLOCHIA INDICA; CULEX GELIDUS; CULEX PIPIENS QUINQUEFASCIATUS; CULICIDAE; DIOSPYROS MELANOXYLON; DIPTERA; DOLICHOS BIFLORUS; GYMNEMA SYLVESTRE; HEXAPODA; JAPANESE ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS; JUSTICIA PROCUMBENS; MIMOSA PUDICA; SENNA ALEXANDRINA; ZINGIBER ZERUMBET;

EID: 78449306021     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-010-2006-8     Document Type: Article

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