Mode of action for natural products isolated from essential oils of two Trees is different from available mosquito adulticides

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1123-1126

  McAllister, Janet C ^a   Adams, Mary F ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

carvacrol; Mode of action; mosquitoes; nookatone; thymoquinone

Indexed keywords

ESSENTIAL OIL; INSECTICIDE; VEGETABLE OIL;

ANIMAL; ANOPHELES; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; PINACEAE;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; INSECTICIDES; OILS, VOLATILE; PINACEAE; PLANT OILS;

ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; CALLITROPSIS NOOTKATENSIS; CALOCEDRUS DECURRENS; IXODIDA;

EID: 78649347080     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/ME10098     Document Type: Article

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