Plant-borne ovicides in the fight against mosquito vectors of medical and veterinary importance: a systematic review

Parasitology Research

Volumn 114, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 3201-3212

  Benelli, Giovanni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aedes; Anopheles; Botanical insecticide; Culex; Essential oil; Mosquito control; Plant extract

Indexed keywords

ESSENTIAL OIL; INSECTICIDE; LARVICIDAL AGENT; PLANT EXTRACT;

ACALYPHA; ACALYPHA INDICA; AEDES AEGYPTI; AGERATUM; ALBIZIA LEBBECK; ANDROGRAPHIS; ANNONA SENEGALENSIS; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; ANOPHELES STEPHENSI; ARISTOLOCHIA; ARTEMISIA ANNUA; ASPARAGUS RACEMOSUS; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; CAESALPINIA; CALOTROPIS PROCERA; CASSIA FISTULA; CINNAMOMUM; CLEOME VISCOSA; COCCINIA GRANDIS; COLOCYNTH; CUCURBITA MAXIMA; CULEX QUINQUEFASCIATUS; CURCUMA LONGA; CYMBOPOGON; CYMBOPOGON CITRATUS; ECLIPTA PROSTRATA; ERYTHRINA; EUPHORBIA HIRTA; HUMAN; IPOMOEA; JUNIPERUS; LARVA; LIPPIA; MEDICINAL PLANT; MENTHA; MORINGA; MOSQUITO; NIGELLA; NONHUMAN; OCIMUM; PARTHENIUM; PIMPINELLA; PINE; PIPER (PLANT); POLYGONUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ROSMARINUS; SAPINDACEAE; SENNA OCCIDENTALIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; SYZYGIUM; TAGETES; VETERINARY MEDICINE; ZINGIBER; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; PLANT LEAF; PROCEDURES;

AEDES AEGYPTI; ANOPHELES STEPHENSI; CULEX PIPIENS QUINQUEFASCIATUS; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA; HEXAPODA; SCOPUS;

ANIMALS; CULICIDAE; INSECTICIDES; MOSQUITO CONTROL; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES;

EID: 84939265460     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: 14321955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-015-4656-z     Document Type: Review

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