Old ingredients for a new recipe? Neem cake, a low-cost botanical by-product in the fight against mosquito-borne diseases

Parasitology Research

Volumn 114, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 391-397

  Benelli, Giovanni ^a   Murugan, Kadarkarai ^b   Panneerselvam, Chellasamy ^b   Madhiyazhagan, Pari ^b   Conti, Barbara ^a   Nicoletti, Marcello ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b BHARATHIAR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aedes; Anopheles; Arbovirus vector; Azadirachta indica; Filariasis vector; HPTLC; Meliaceae; Mosquitocidal molecules; Oviposition deterrence

Indexed keywords

INSECT REPELLENT; NEEM CAKE; NEEM OIL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ACYLGLYCEROL; INSECTICIDE; PLANT EXTRACT; TERPENE;

AEDES; ANOPHELES; AZADIRACHTA INDICA; COST; CULEX; EGG LAYING; HIGH PERFORMANCE THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY; INFECTION; LARVA; METABOLOMICS; MOSQUITO; MOSQUITO BORNE DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; FEMALE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION;

ARBOVIRUS; AZADIRACHTA INDICA; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA; MELIACEAE; VERTEBRATA;

ANIMALS; AZADIRACHTA; CULICIDAE; FEMALE; GLYCERIDES; INSECTICIDES; LARVA; OVIPOSITION; PLANT EXTRACTS; TERPENES;

EID: 84921811983     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: 14321955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-014-4286-x     Document Type: Review

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