Contact and fumigant toxicity of hexane flower bud extract of Syzygium aromaticum and its compounds against Pediculus humanus capitis (Phthiraptera: Pediculidae)

Parasitology Research

Volumn 109, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1329-1340

  Bagavan, Asokan ^a   Rahuman, Abdul Abdul ^a   Kamaraj, Chinnaperumal ^a   Elango, Gandhi ^a   Zahir, Abdul Abduz ^a   Jayaseelan, Chidambaram ^a   Santhoshkumar, Thirunavukkarasu ^a   Marimuthu, Sampath ^a  

^a C ABDUL HAKEEM COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUMIGANT; PLANT EXTRACT; SYZYGIUM AROMATICUM EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; BUD; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CLOVE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; FLOWER; INSECTICIDAL ACTIVITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LETHALITY; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; PEDICULUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; EUGENIA; FLOWERS; FUMIGATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; INSECTICIDES; PEDICULUS; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT SHOOTS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

MAMMALIA; MYRTACEAE; PEDICULIDAE; PEDICULUS HUMANUS; PEDICULUS HUMANUS CAPITIS; PHTHIRAPTERA; SYZYGIUM AROMATICUM;

EID: 82955237524     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: 14321955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-011-2425-1     Document Type: Article

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