Chemical composition and larvicidal activity of essential oil from Ocimum basilicum (L.) against Culex tritaeniorhynchus, Aedes albopictus and Anopheles subpictus (Diptera: Culicidae)

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 134, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 7-11

  Govindarajan, M ^a   Sivakumar, R ^a   Rajeswary, M ^a   Yogalakshmi, K ^a  

^a ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Aedes albopictus; Anopheles subpictus; Culex tritaeniorhynchus; Larvicidal activity; Ocimum basilicum

Indexed keywords

CINEOLE; ESSENTIAL OIL; LINALOOL; METHYLEUGENOL; OCIMUM BASILICUM EXTRACT;

AEDES ALBOPICTUS; ANOPHELES; ANOPHELES SUBPICTOS; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULEX; CULEX TRITAENIORHYNCUS; INSECTICIDAL ACTIVITY; LC 50; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT LEAF; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AEDES; ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; CHICKENS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; CULEX; FLAME IONIZATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; INSECT VECTORS; INSECTICIDES; LARVA; LETHAL DOSE 50; OCIMUM BASILICUM; OILS, VOLATILE; PLANT OILS;

EID: 84875115486     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: 10902449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exppara.2013.01.018     Document Type: Article

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