Essential oils and their compounds as Aedes aegypti L. (Diptera: Culicidae) larvicides: Review

Parasitology Research

Volumn 113, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 565-592

  Dias, Clarice Noleto ^a   Moraes, Denise Fernandes Coutinho ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARAÍBA   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MARANHÃO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DITERPENE; ESSENTIAL OIL; HYDROCARBON; LARVICIDAL AGENT; MONOTERPENE HYDROCARBON; OXYGENATED SESQUITERPENE; PHENYLPROPANOID; SESQUITERPENE DERIVATIVE; SESQUITERPENE HYDROCARBON; TEMEFOS; TERPENE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACORACEAE; AEDES AEGYPTI; AMARANTHACEAE; ANNONACEAE; APIACEAE; ARALIACEAE; ASTERACEAE; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; BORAGINACEAE; BRAZIL; BURSERACEAE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONVOLVULACEAE; CUPRESSACEAE; DENGUE; EUPHORBIACEAE; FABACEAE; INFECTION CONTROL; LAMIACEAE; LARVA; LAURACEAE; MELIACEAE; MYRISTICACEAE; MYRTACEAE; NONHUMAN; PIPERACEAE; PLANT AGE; POACEAE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANUNCULACEAE; REVIEW; RUTACEAE; SANTALACEAE; SCROPHULARIACEAE; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; VERBENACEAE; ZINGIBERACEAE;

AEDES; ANIMALS; DENGUE; INSECT VECTORS; INSECTICIDES; LAMIACEAE; LARVA; MYRTACEAE; OILS, VOLATILE; RUTACEAE; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

EID: 84903368332     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: 14321955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-013-3687-6     Document Type: Review

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