Mosquitocidal essential oils: Are they safe against non-target aquatic organisms?

Parasitology Research

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 251-259

  Conti, Barbara ^a   Flamini, Guido ^a   Cioni, Pier Luigi ^a   Ceccarini, Lucia ^a   Macchia, Mario ^a   Benelli, Giovanni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKADIENE; ALPHA PHELLANDRENE; ASCARIDOLE; BETA PINENE; BICYCLOGERMACRENE; CAMPHENE; CARYOPHYLLENE; CINEOLE; COPAENE; ESSENTIAL OIL; EUDESMOL; HUMULENE; LARVICIDAL AGENT; LIMONENE; LINALOOL; MYRCENE; OCIMENE; PARA CYMENE; PINENE; SABINENE; SPATHULENOL; T CADINOL; TEA TREE OIL; TERPENE DERIVATIVE; TERPINEN 4 OL; TERPINENE; TERPINEOL; TERPINOLENE; UNINDEXED DRUG; VIRIDIFLOROL;

ACUTE TOXICITY; AEDES ALBOPICTUS; AQUATIC SPECIES; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAPHNIA MAGNA; LARVA; LC 50; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; MELALEUCA; MELALEUCA ALTERNIFOLIA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOXICITY;

AEDES ALBOPICTUS; ARTHROPODA; CLADOCERA; CRUSTACEA; CULICIDAE; DAPHNIA MAGNA; DIPTERA; MELALEUCA ALTERNIFOLIA;

AEDES; ANIMALS; AQUATIC ORGANISMS; CYCLOHEXANOLS; DAPHNIA; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; INSECTICIDES; LARVA; MONOTERPENES; MOSQUITO CONTROL; TEA TREE OIL; TOXICITY TESTS, ACUTE;

EID: 84891844760     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: 14321955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-013-3651-5     Document Type: Article

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