Larvicidal efficacy of plant extracts against the malarial vector Anopheles stephensi Liston (Diptera: Culicidae)

World Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 77-80

  Arivoli, S ^a   John Ravindran, K ^b   Tennyson, Samuel ^c  

^a LOYOLA COLLEGE   (India)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MALARIA RESEARCH   (India)

^c MADRAS CHRISTIAN COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Anopheles stephensi; Larvicidal activity; Plant extracts

Indexed keywords

ABUTILON INDICUM EXTRACT; ACETIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; CLEISTANTHUS COLLINUS EXTRACT; COLOCYNTH EXTRACT; DICHLOROMETHANE; ETHER; HEXANE; HYPTIS SUAVEOLENS EXTRACT; LARVICIDAL AGENT; LEUCAS ASPERA EXTRACT; MURRAYA KOENIGII EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; SPHAERANTHUS INDICUS EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABUTILON INDICUM; ANOPHELES STEPHENSI; ARTICLE; CLEISTANTHUS COLLINUS; DISEASE CARRIER; HYPTIS SUAVEOLENS; INSECT CONTROL; LARVA; LC 50; MALARIA; NONHUMAN; PLANT; PLANT LEAF; SOLVENT EXTRACTION; SPHAERANTHUS INDICUS;

EID: 84859876139     PISSN: 18173055     EISSN: 19904061     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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