Toxicity of Brazilian plant seed extracts to two strains of Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae) and Nontarget Animals

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 846-851

  Souza, T M ^a   Farias, D F ^a   Soares, B M ^a   Viana, M P ^a   Lima, G P G ^a   MacHado, L K A ^b   Morais, S M ^b   Carvalho, A F U ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Aedes aegypti; Artemia sp.; organophosphate resistance plant seed extracts; selectivity

Indexed keywords

PLANT EXTRACT;

AEDES; ANIMAL; ARTEMIA; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CLASSIFICATION; DRUG EFFECT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INSECT; LARVA; LD 50; MOUSE; OOCYTE; PLANT; PLANT SEED; TOXICITY TESTING;

ACUTE TOXICITY TESTS; AEDES; ANIMALS; ARTEMIA; BRAZIL; GENETIC VARIATION; LARVA; LETHAL DOSE 50; MICE; OVUM; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS; PUPA; SEEDS;

AEDES AEGYPTI; ANIMALIA; ARTEMIA; ARTEMIA SP.; ASTRONIUM URUNDEUVA; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA; ENTEROLOBIUM CONTORTISILIQUUM; LUETZELBURGIA AURICULATA; MUS; PIPTADENIA MONILIFORMIS; SCHINOPSIS BRASILIENSIS;

EID: 79960513754     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/ME10205     Document Type: Article

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