Larvicidal and ovideterrent properties of neem oil and fractions against the filariasis vector Aedes albopictus (Diptera: Culicidae): a bioactivity survey across production sites

Parasitology Research

Volumn 114, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 227-236

  Benelli, Giovanni ^a   Bedini, Stefano ^a   Cosci, Francesca ^a   Toniolo, Chiara ^b   Conti, Barbara ^a   Nicoletti, Marcello ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Arbovirus vector; Asian tiger mosquito; Azadirachta indica; Botanical by products; HPTLC; Meliaceae; Plant born mosquitocidals

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; AZADIRACHTIN; BUTANOL; LARVICIDAL AGENT; LIMONOID; NEEM OIL; ACYLGLYCEROL; INSECTICIDE; TERPENE;

AEDES ALBOPICTUS; ARTICLE; AZADIRACHTA INDICA; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; EGG LAYING; FEMALE; FILARIASIS; FRACTIONATION; HIGH PERFORMANCE THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY; LARVA; METABOLIC PARAMETERS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; AEDES; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; MOSQUITO; PROCEDURES; QUESTIONNAIRE; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY;

AEDES ALBOPICTUS; ARBOVIRUS; ARTHROPODA; AZADIRACHTA INDICA; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA; MELIACEAE;

AEDES; ANIMALS; AZADIRACHTA; CHROMATOGRAPHY, THIN LAYER; FEMALE; FILARIASIS; GLYCERIDES; INSECTICIDES; LARVA; LIMONINS; MOSQUITO CONTROL; OVIPOSITION; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TERPENES;

EID: 84921756561     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: 14321955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-014-4183-3     Document Type: Article

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