Mosquito larvicidal activity of thymol from essential oil of Coleus aromaticus Benth. against Culex tritaeniorhynchus, Aedes albopictus, and Anopheles subpictus (Diptera: Culicidae)

Parasitology Research

Volumn 112, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 3713-3721

  Govindarajan, Marimuthu ^a   Sivakumar, Rajamohan ^a   Rajeswary, Mohan ^a   Veerakumar, Kaliyan ^a  

^a ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARYOPHYLLENE; ESSENTIAL OIL; INSECTICIDE; LARVICIDAL AGENT; TERPINEN 4 OL; THYMOL;

AEDES ALBOPICTUS; ANOPHELES SUBPICTUS; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE TEST; COLEUS AROMATICUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULEX TRITAENIORHYNCHUS; DENGUE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FILARIASIS; HEALTH IMPACT ASSESSMENT; INSECTICIDAL ACTIVITY; JAPANESE ENCEPHALITIS; LC 50; MALARIA; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; MEDICINAL PLANT; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOXICITY TESTING;

AEDES ALBOPICTUS; ANOPHELES SUBPICTUS; COLEUS AROMATICUS; CULEX TRITAENIORHYNCHUS; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA; JAPANESE ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS; MAMMALIA;

AEDES; ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; COLEUS; CULEX; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; INSECTICIDES; LARVA; OILS, VOLATILE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; THYMOL;

EID: 84887226283     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: 14321955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-013-3557-2     Document Type: Article

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