Acaricidal activity of Cymbopogon citratus and Azadirachta indica against house dust mites

Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine

Volumn 1, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 365-369

  Hanifah, Azima Laili ^a   Awang, Siti Hazar ^a   Ming, Ho Tze ^a   Abidin, Suhaili Zainal ^a   Omar, Maizatul Hashima ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Acaricidal; Azadirachta indica; Cymbopogon citratus; Dermatophagoides farinae; Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus; House dust mites; Lemongrass; Neem

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; AZADIRACHTA INDICA EXTRACT; CYMBOPOGON CITRATUS EXTRACT; ESSENTIAL OIL; ACARICIDE; PLANT EXTRACT;

ACARICIDAL ACTIVITY; ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATOPHAGOIDES FARINAE; DERMATOPHAGOIDES PTERONYSSINUS; FILTER PAPER; INSECTICIDAL ACTIVITY; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOXICITY; ANIMAL; AZADIRACHTA INDICA; CHEMISTRY; CYMBOPOGON; DRUG EFFECTS; PYROGLYPHIDAE;

ACARICIDES; ANIMALS; AZADIRACHTA; CYMBOPOGON; PLANT EXTRACTS; PYROGLYPHIDAE;

EID: 79959456715     PISSN: 22211691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2221-1691(11)60081-6     Document Type: Article

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