Chemical composition and larvicidal activity of essential oil from Mentha spicata (Linn.) against three mosquito species

Parasitology Research

Volumn 110, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 2023-2032

  Govindarajan, M ^a   Sivakumar, R ^a   Rajeswari, M ^a   Yogalakshmi, K ^a  

^a ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 MENTHA 6,8(9) DIEN 2 YL ACETATE; BORNYL ACETATE; CARVEOL; CARVONE; CARYOPHYLLENE; CARYOPHYLLENE OXIDE; CINEOLE; DIHYDROCARVONE; ESSENTIAL OIL; GERMACRENE D; LARVICIDAL AGENT; LIMONENE; LINALOOL; MENTHA SPICATA EXTRACT; MENTHOL; MENTHONE; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT; SABINENE; SABINENE HYDRATE; TERPINEN 4 OL; TERPINENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AEDES AEGYPTI; ANOPHELES STEPHENSI; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CULEX QUINQUEFASCIATUS; INSECTICIDAL ACTIVITY; LARVICIDAL ACTIVITY; LC 50; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; MENTHA SPICATA; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; TOXICITY TESTING;

AEDES; ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; CULEX; CYCLOHEXENES; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; INSECTICIDES; LARVA; MENTHA SPICATA; MONOTERPENES; OILS, VOLATILE; PLANT LEAVES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TERPENES;

AEDES AEGYPTI; ANOPHELES STEPHENSI; CULEX PIPIENS QUINQUEFASCIATUS; HEXAPODA; MENTHA SPICATA;

EID: 84863443524     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: 14321955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-011-2731-7     Document Type: Article

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