Larvicidal activity of Dregea volubilis and Bombax malabaricum leaf extracts against the filarial vector Culex quinquefasciatus

Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 436-441

  Hossain, Emdad ^a   Rawani, Anjali ^b   Chandra, Goutam ^b   Mandal, Subhash C ^c   Gupta, Jayanta Kumar ^c  

^a Pharmacy College   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BURDWAN   (India)

^c JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Bombax malabaricum; Culex quinquefasciatus; Dregea volubilis; Larvicidal activity

Indexed keywords

BOMBAX MALABARICUM EXTRACT; DREGEA VOLUBILIS EXTRACT; FLAVONOID; LARVICIDAL AGENT; PLANT EXTRACT; SAPONIN; STEROID; TANNIN; TRITERPENOID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ASCLEPIADACEAE; BIOASSAY; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL AGENT; BOMBAX; BOMBAX MALABARICUM; CHIRONOMOUS CIRCUMDATUS; CHIRONOMUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULEX QUINQUEFASCIATUS; DIPLONICHUS ANNULATUM; DREGEA VOLUBILIS; HEMIPTERA; LARVAL STAGE; LC 50; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; NONHUMAN; OREOCHROMIS NILOTICUS; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT LEAF; POWDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; ASCLEPIADACEAE; BOMBAX; CULEX; INSECT VECTORS; INSECTICIDES; LARVA; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES;

EID: 79960229044     PISSN: 19957645     EISSN: 19957645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1995-7645(11)60121-1     Document Type: Article

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