Isolation and identification of mosquito (Aedes aegypti) biting deterrent fatty acids from male inflorescences of breadfruit (Artocarpus altilis (Parkinson) Fosberg)

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 60, Issue 15, 2012, Pages 3867-3873

  Jones, A Maxwell P ^a,f   Klun, Jerome A ^b   Cantrell, Charles L ^b,c   Ragone, Diane ^d   Chauhan, Kamlesh R ^b   Brown, Paula N ^a,e   Murch, Susan J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c NATURAL PRODUCTS UTILIZATION RESEARCH UNIT   (United States)

^d NATIONAL TROPICAL BOTANICAL GARDEN   (United States)

^e BRITISH COLUMBIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

capric acid; hendecanoic acids; hydrodistillation, smoke; lauric acid; mosquito repellent; undecanoic acid

Indexed keywords

CAPRIC ACID; HYDRODISTILLATIONS; LAURIC ACID; MOSQUITO REPELLENTS; UNDECANOIC ACID;

ALDEHYDES; ESSENTIAL OILS; OLEFINS; PATHOGENS; SATURATED FATTY ACIDS;

BIOASSAY;

FATTY ACID; INSECT REPELLENT; PLANT EXTRACT;

AEDES; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ARTOCARPUS; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; FLOWER; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION;

AEDES; ANIMALS; ARTOCARPUS; FATTY ACIDS; FEMALE; FLOWERS; INSECT REPELLENTS; PLANT EXTRACTS;

AEDES AEGYPTI; ARTOCARPUS ALTILIS; HEXAPODA; MORACEAE;

EID: 84859903684     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: 15205118     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf300101w     Document Type: Article

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