Adulticidal and repellent properties of Cassia tora Linn. (Family: Caesalpinaceae) against Culex quinquefasciatus, Aedes aegypti, and Anopheles stephensi

Parasitology Research

Volumn 111, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1953-1964

  Amerasan, Duraisamy ^a   Murugan, Kadarkarai ^a   Kovendan, Kalimuthu ^a   Mahesh Kumar, Palanisamy ^a   Panneerselvam, Chellasamy ^a   Subramaniam, Jayapal ^a   John William, Samuel ^b   Hwang, Jiang Shiou ^c  

^a BHARATHIAR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b LOYOLA COLLEGE   (India)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETONE; BENZENE; CASSIA TORA EXTRACT; CHLOROFORM; HEXANE; INSECT REPELLENT; METHANOL; PLANT EXTRACT; POLYSORBATE 80; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULTICIDAL ACTIVITY; AEDES AEGYPTI; ANOPHELES STEPHENSI; ARTHROPOD LARVA; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULEX QUINQUEFASCIATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; LC 50; LC 90; MORTALITY; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPELLENT ACTIVITY; SENNA TORA; TOXICITY TESTING; VECTOR CONTROL;

AEDES; ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; CASSIA; CULEX; DRUG TOXICITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; INSECT REPELLENTS; INSECTICIDES; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

AEDES AEGYPTI; ANOPHELES STEPHENSI; CAESALPINIOIDEAE; CULEX PIPIENS QUINQUEFASCIATUS;

EID: 84868090819     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: 14321955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-012-3042-3     Document Type: Article

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