Mosquitocidal properties of nereistoxin against Anopheles stephensi, Aedes aegypti and Culex quinquefasciatus (Diptera: Culicidae)

Parasitology Research

Volumn 109, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1107-1112

  Samidurai, Kaliyaperumal ^a,b   Saravanakumar, Ayyappan ^a  

^a ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b VECTOR CONTROL RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSECTICIDE; NEREISTOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AEDES AEGYPTI; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANNELID WORM; ANOPHELES STEPHENSI; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL AGENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULEX QUINQUEFASCIATUS; HATCHING; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; INSECTICIDAL ACTIVITY; LARVAL STAGE; LC 50; LD 50; LUMBRICONEREIS HETEROPODA; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOXIN ANALYSIS; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY; VECTOR CONTROL;

AEDES; ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CULEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; INSECTICIDES; LARVA; LETHAL DOSE 50; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MALE; MARINE TOXINS; MOSQUITO CONTROL; POLYCHAETA; PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS; VIRUS DISEASES;

AEDES AEGYPTI; ANNELIDA; ANOPHELES STEPHENSI; CULEX PIPIENS QUINQUEFASCIATUS; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA;

EID: 83155175461     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: 14321955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-011-2353-0     Document Type: Article

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