Larvicidal activity of a toxin from the seeds of Jatropha curcas Linn. against Aedes aegypti Linn. and culex quinquefasciatus Say

Tropical Biomedicine

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 286-296

  Nuchsuk, Chanthakan ^a   Wetprasit, Nuanchawee ^b   Roytrakul, Sittiruk ^c   Ratanapo, Sunanta ^a  

^a KASETSART UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b RAMKHAMHAENG UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c NATIONAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT AGENCY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLANT EXTRACT; TOXIN;

AEDES; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULEX; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME ASSAY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; JATROPHA; LARVA; LD 50; METHODOLOGY; MOSQUITO; PLANT; PLANT SEED; RICINUS COMMUNIS; TIME;

AEDES; ANIMALS; CULEX; ENZYME ASSAYS; JATROPHA; LARVA; LETHAL DOSE 50; MOSQUITO CONTROL; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, TOXIC; RICINUS; SEEDS; TIME FACTORS; TOXINS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84866316283     PISSN: 01275720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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