Evaluation of larvicidal properties of the latex of Euphorbia tirucalli L. (Euphorbiaceae) against larvae of Anopheles mosquitoes

Journal of Medicinal Plants Research

Volumn 4, Issue 19, 2010, Pages 1954-1959

  Mwine, Julius ^a   van Damme, Patrick ^b   Jumba, Francis ^a  

^a UGANDA MARTYRS UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Anopheles spp.; Efficacy; Euphorbia tirucalli; Larvicide; Latex; Malaria

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; EUPHORBIA TIRUCALLI EXTRACT; LARVICIDAL AGENT; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANOPHELES; ANOPHELES FENESTUS; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; ANTIMALARIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DETERMINATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; EUPHORBIA; EUPHORBIA TIRUCALLI; EXPERIMENTAL ORGANISM; LARVAL STAGE; NONHUMAN; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANOPHELES (GENUS); EUPHORBIA TIRUCALLI; EUPHORBIACEAE;

EID: 78549262653     PISSN: 19960875     EISSN: 19960875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5897/jmpr10.383     Document Type: Article

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