Larvicidal potential of Acorus calamus L. essential oil against filarial vector mosquito Culex quinquefasciatus (Diptera: Culicidae)

Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Disease

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 324-326

  Senthilkumar, A ^a   Venkatesalu, V ^a  

^a ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Acorus calamus; Culex quinquefasciatus; Filarial vector; Larvicidal activity; Mosquito

Indexed keywords

2 METHYLBUTYLACETATE; ACORUS CALAMUS EXTRACT; ALPHA BERGAMOTOL; ALPHA CUBEBENE; ALPHA THUJENE; BETA ASARONE; BETA COPAENE; CALAMENENE; CARVONE; ESSENTIAL OIL; GAMMA EUDESMOL; GAMMA MUUROLENE; GLOBULOL; HUMULENE; ISOVALERIC ACID; LIMONENE; LINALOOL; OCTYL ACETATE; PERILLEN; PINENE; TERPINEOL; TERREYOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULEX QUINQUEFASCIATUS; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG MECHANISM; ELUTION; HYDRODISTILLATION; LARVA; LARVICIDAL ACTIVITY; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHIZOME;

EID: 84863105875     PISSN: 22221808     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2222-1808(12)60070-X     Document Type: Article

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