Larvicidal potential of carvacrol and terpinen-4-ol from the essential oil of Origanum vulgare (Lamiaceae) against Anopheles stephensi, Anopheles subpictus, Culex quinquefasciatus and Culex tritaeniorhynchus (Diptera: Culicidae)

Research in Veterinary Science

Volumn 104, Issue , 2016, Pages 77-82

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

^a ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b Regional Medical Research Centre   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Arbovirus; Eco friendly larvicides; Filariasis; Malaria; Mosquito vectors; Plant borne mosquitocides

Indexed keywords

ALPHA THUJENE; BETA BISABOLENE; BORNEOL; CARVACROL; CARVACROL METHYL ETHER; CARYOPHILLENE OXIDE; CIS PARA MENTH 2 EN 1 OL; ESPATULENOL; ESSENTIAL OIL; GERMACRENE D; LARVICIDAL AGENT; PARA CIMENE; SABINENE; TERPINEN 4 OL; TERPINENE; TERPINEOL; THYMOL; TRANS CARYOPHILLENE; TRANS PARA MENTH 2 EN 1 OL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; INSECTICIDE; TERPENE; TERPINENOL-4;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ADULT; ANOPHELES STEPHENSI; ANOPHELES SUBPICTUS; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULEX QUINQUEFASCIATUS; CULEX TRITAENIORHYNCHUS; DISEASE CARRIER; FEMALE; FILARIASIS; JAPANESE ENCEPHALITIS; LARVAL STAGE; LC50; MALARIA; NONHUMAN; OREGANO; PLANT LEAF; TOXICITY; ANIMAL; ANOPHELES; CHEMISTRY; CULEX; DRUG EFFECTS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INDIA; LARVA; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; ORIGANUM;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; CULEX; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; INDIA; INSECTICIDES; LARVA; MONOTERPENES; OILS, VOLATILE; ORIGANUM; PLANT LEAVES; TERPENES;

EID: 84957707235     PISSN: 00345288     EISSN: 15322661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rvsc.2015.11.011     Document Type: Article

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