Mosquito larvicidal activities of Solanum nigrum L. leaf extract against Culex quinquefasciatus Say

Parasitology Research

Volumn 107, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1235-1240

  Rawani, Anjali ^a   Ghosh, Anupam ^a   Chandra, Goutam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BURDWAN   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSECTICIDE; PLANT EXTRACT;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CULEX; DRUG EFFECT; FRACTIONATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LARVA; LD 50; METHODOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; SOLANUM NIGRUM; SURVIVAL; TIME;

ANIMALS; CHEMICAL FRACTIONATION; CULEX; INSECTICIDES; LARVA; LETHAL DOSE 50; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; SOLANUM NIGRUM; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79952118266     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: 14321955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-010-1993-9     Document Type: Article

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