Bioefficacy of Mentha piperita essential oil against dengue fever mosquito Aedes aegypti L

Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 85-88

  Kumar, Sarita ^a   Wahab, Naim ^a   Warikoo, Radhika ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

protection; Adulticide; Aedes aegypti; Bioefficacy; Dengue; Essential oil; Larvicidal potential; Larvicide; Mentha piperita; Repellent

Indexed keywords

ESSENTIAL OIL; INSECT REPELLENT; LARVICIDAL AGENT; MENTHA PIPERITA ESSENTIAL OIL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; INSECTICIDE; PEPPERMINT OIL; VEGETABLE OIL;

AEDES AEGYPTI; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENGUE; DISEASE CARRIER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INSECT BITE; INSECT CONTROL; INSECTICIDAL ACTIVITY; LARVAL STAGE; LC 50; MENTHA PIPERITA; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VECTOR CONTROL; AEDES; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; EVALUATION STUDY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LARVA; MOSQUITO; PROCEDURES;

AEDES; ANIMALS; INSECT REPELLENTS; INSECTICIDES; LARVA; MENTHA PIPERITA; MOSQUITO CONTROL; OILS, VOLATILE; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT OILS;

EID: 79957564854     PISSN: 22211691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2221-1691(11)60001-4     Document Type: Article

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