Eugenol, α-pinene and β-caryophyllene from Plectranthus barbatus essential oil as eco-friendly larvicides against malaria, dengue and Japanese encephalitis mosquito vectors

Parasitology Research

Volumn 115, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 807-815

  Govindarajan, Marimuthu ^a   Rajeswary, Mohan ^a   Hoti, S L ^b   Bhattacharyya, Atanu ^c   Benelli, Giovanni ^d  

^a ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b Regional Medical Research Centre   (India)

^c Electric Vehicle Technology   (India)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aedes albopictus; Anopheles subpictus; Culex tritaeniorhynchus; Culicidae; GC MS; Mosquito borne diseases; Plant borne larvicides

Indexed keywords

7 EPI ALPHA SELINENE; BETA CUBEBENE; BETA SELINENE; CARYOPHYLLENE; COPAENE; DELTA CADINENE; EPI ALPHA CADINOL; ESSENTIAL OIL; EUGENOL; GERMACRENE A; GERMACRENE B; GERMACRENE D; HUMULENE; LARVICIDAL AGENT; MYRCENE; OCIMENE; PINENE; PLANT EXTRACT; PLECTRANTHUS BARBATUS ESSENTIAL OIL; SABINENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRIDIFLORENE; ALPHA-PINENE; INSECTICIDE; SESQUITERPENE; TERPENE;

ACUTE TOXICITY; AEDES ALBOPICTUS; ANOPHELES SUBPICTUS; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULEX TRITAENIORHYNCHUS; DENGUE VIRUS; JAPANESE ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS; LARVICIDAL ACTIVITY; LC50; LC90; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; PARASITE VECTOR; PLASMODIUM; PLECTRANTHUS; PLECTRANTHUS BARBATUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; AEDES; ANIMAL; ANOPHELES; CHEMISTRY; CULEX; DENGUE; DISEASE CARRIER; DRUG EFFECTS; GERMFREE ANIMAL; INDIA; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; JAPANESE ENCEPHALITIS; LARVA; LD50; MALARIA; MOSQUITO CONTROL; PROCEDURES; TRANSMISSION;

AEDES; ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; CULEX; DENGUE; ENCEPHALITIS, JAPANESE; EUGENOL; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; INDIA; INSECT VECTORS; INSECTICIDES; LARVA; LETHAL DOSE 50; MALARIA; MONOTERPENES; MOSQUITO CONTROL; OILS, VOLATILE; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLECTRANTHUS; SESQUITERPENES; SPECIFIC PATHOGEN-FREE ORGANISMS;

EID: 84955387552     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: 14321955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-015-4809-0     Document Type: Article

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