Larvicidal and pupicidal activity of extracts and fractionates of Eichhornia crassipes (Mart.) Solms against the filarial vector Culex quinquefasciatus Say

Parasitology Research

Volumn 111, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 2129-2135

  Jayanthi, P ^a   Lalitha, P ^a   Aarthi, N ^b  

^a AVINASHILINGAM INSTITUTE FOR HOME SCIENCE AND HIGHER EDUCATION FOR WOMEN   (India)

^b BHARATHIAR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ALKALOID; ANTHOCYANIN; ANTHROQUINONE DERIVATIVE; ANTILEISHMANIAL AGENT; EICHHORNIA CRASSIPES EXTRACT; FLAVONOID; INSECT REPELLENT; PLANT EXTRACT; QUINONE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CULEX QUINQUEFASCIATUS; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG ACTIVITY; EICHHORNIA CRASSIPES; FRACTIONATION; LARVICIDAL ACTIVITY; LC 50; MEDICINAL PLANT; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUPICIDAL ACTIVITY; SOLVENT EXTRACTION; TOXICITY TESTING;

ANIMALS; CULEX; DISEASE VECTORS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EICHHORNIA; INSECT REPELLENTS; INSECTICIDES; LARVA; PLANT EXTRACTS; PUPA; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

CULEX PIPIENS QUINQUEFASCIATUS; EICHHORNIA CRASSIPES;

EID: 84868133915     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: 14321955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-012-3061-0     Document Type: Article

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