Mosquito repellent activity of essential oil of Ethiopian ethnomedicinal plant against Afro-tropical malarial vector Anopheles arabiensis

Journal of King Saud University - Science

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 305-310

  Karunamoorthi, Kaliyaperumal ^a  

^a JIMMA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Anopheles arabiensis; Ethiopia; Juniperus procera; Repellent activity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84908049605     PISSN: 10183647     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jksus.2014.01.001     Document Type: Article

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