Larvicidal activity of Wrightia tinctoria R. BR. (Apocynaceae) fruit and leaf extracts against the filarial vector Culex quinquefasciatus Say (Diptera: Culicidae)

Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Disease

Volumn 4, Issue S1, 2014, Pages

  Sakthivadivel, Murugesan ^a   Gunasekaran, Palani ^a   Annapoorani, Jeevanandham Therasa ^b   Samraj, David Arul ^b   Arivoli, Subramanian ^c   Tennyson, Samuel ^b  

^a King Institute of Preventive Medicine and Research   (India)

^b MADRAS CHRISTIAN COLLEGE   (India)

^c THIRUVALLUVAR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Crude fruit and leaf extracts; Culex quinquefasciatus; Larvicidal activity; Wrightia tinctoria

Indexed keywords

LARVICIDAL AGENT; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WRIGHTIA TINCTORIA EXTRACT;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULEX QUINQUEFASCIATUS; DISEASE CARRIER; FILARIA; FRUIT; INSECTICIDAL ACTIVITY; LARVA; LC50; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WRIGHTIA TINCTORIA;

EID: 84893432296     PISSN: 22221808     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2222-1808(14)60473-4     Document Type: Article

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