Larvicidal efficacy of Adhatoda vasica (L.) Nees against the bancroftian filariasis vector Culex quinquefasciatus Say and dengue vector Aedes aegypti L. in in vitro condition

Parasitology Research

Volumn 110, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1993-1999

  Thanigaivel, Annamalai ^a   Chandrasekaran, Rajamanickam ^a   Revathi, Kannan ^a   Nisha, Selvamathiazhagan ^a   Sathish Narayanan, Subbiah ^a   Kirubakaran, Suyambulingam Arunachalam ^a   Senthil Nathan, Sengottayan ^a  

^a MANONMANIAM SUNDARANAR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHATODA VASICA EXTRACT; LARVICIDAL AGENT; METHANOL;

AEDES AEGYPTI; ARTICLE; BANCROFTIAN FILARIASIS; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULEX QUINQUEFASCIATUS; IN VITRO STUDY; INSECTICIDAL ACTIVITY; LARVAL STAGE; LC 50; LC 90; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PARASITE SURVIVAL; PARASITE VECTOR; PLANT LEAF; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VECTOR CONTROL;

ADHATODA; AEDES; ANIMALS; CULEX; DISEASE VECTORS; FEMALE; INSECTICIDES; LARVA; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

AEDES AEGYPTI; CULEX PIPIENS QUINQUEFASCIATUS; JUSTICIA ADHATODA;

EID: 84863498754     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: 14321955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-011-2728-2     Document Type: Article

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