Screening for adulticidal activity against Anopheles arabiensis in ten plants used as mosquito repellent in South Africa

Malaria Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Mavundza, Edison J ^a,b   Maharaj, Rajendra ^a   Chukwujekwu, Jude C ^b   Finnie, Jeffrey F ^b   Van Staden, Johannes ^b  

^a SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Adulticidal; Aloe ferox; Anopheles arabiensis; Malaria; Mosquitoes

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; DICHLOROMETHANE; INSECT REPELLENT; INSECTICIDE; PLANT EXTRACT;

ALOE; ALOE FEROX; ANACARDIACEAE; ANOPHELES ARABIENSIS; ARTICLE; ATALAYA ALATA; BALANITES; BALANITES MAUGHAMII; BIOASSAY; CLAUSENA ANISATA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROTON MENYAARTHII; EUPHORBIACEAE; EXPOSURE; LIPPIA JAVANICA; MALARIA; MELIA AZEDARACH; MELIACEAE; NONHUMAN; OLACACEAE; OLAX DISSITIFLORA; PLANT LEAF; RUTACEAE; SAPINDACEAE; SCLEROCARYA BIRREA; SCREENING; SOUTH AFRICA; TRICHILIA EMITICA; VERBENACEAE; ANIMAL; ANOPHELES; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; FEMALE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SURVIVAL;

ALOE; ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; FEMALE; INSECTICIDES; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; SOUTH AFRICA; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84900510285     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-13-173     Document Type: Article

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