Ovicidal effects of a neem seed extract preparation on eggs of body and head lice

Parasitology Research

Volumn 109, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1299-1302

  Mehlhorn, Heinz ^a   Abdel Ghaffar, Fathy ^b   Al Rasheid, Khaled A S ^c   Schmidt, Jürgen ^a   Semmler, Margit ^b  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^c KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZADIRACHTA INDICA EXTRACT; CARBON DIOXIDE; INSECTICIDE; SHAMPOO;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EGG; EMBRYONAL TISSUE; IMAGO; IN VITRO STUDY; INCUBATION TIME; INSECTICIDAL ACTIVITY; LARVAL STAGE; NIT; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PEDICULUS; PLANT SEED; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; AZADIRACHTA; GLYCERIDES; INSECTICIDES; LARVA; PEDICULUS; SEEDS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TERPENES;

AZADIRACHTA INDICA; PEDICULUS HUMANUS; PEDICULUS HUMANUS CAPITIS; PEDICULUS HUMANUS CORPORIS; PHTHIRAPTERA;

EID: 82955235567     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: 14321955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-011-2374-8     Document Type: Article

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