Screening of selected ethnomedicinal plants from South Africa for larvicidal activity against the mosquito Anopheles arabiensis

Malaria Journal

Volumn 11, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Maharaj, Rajendra ^a   Maharaj, Vinesh ^b   Crouch, Neil R ^c   Bhagwandin, Niresh ^a   Folb, Peter I ^a   Pillay, Pamisha ^b   Gayaram, Reshma ^a  

^a SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^b DSI CSIR Nanotechnology Innovation Centre   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DICHLOROMETHANE; LARVICIDAL AGENT; METHANOL; PLANT EXTRACT; TEMEFOS;

ANOPHELES ARABIENSIS; ARTHROPOD LARVA; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; DRUG SCREENING; ETHNOBOTANY; MEDICINAL PLANT; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; SOUTH AFRICA; VECTOR CONTROL;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; DRUG EVALUATION, PRECLINICAL; HUMANS; INSECTICIDES; LARVA; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; RUTACEAE; SOUTH AFRICA; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84865838870     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-11-320     Document Type: Article

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