α-Humulene and β-elemene from Syzygium zeylanicum (Myrtaceae) essential oil: highly effective and eco-friendly larvicides against Anopheles subpictus, Aedes albopictus, and Culex tritaeniorhynchus (Diptera: Culicidae)

Parasitology Research

Volumn 115, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 2771-2778

  Govindarajan, Marimuthu ^a   Benelli, Giovanni ^b  

^a ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Arbovirus; Biosafety; Dengue; Japanese encephalitis; Malaria mosquito vectors; Myrtaceae; Non target effects

Indexed keywords

BETA ELEMENE; ESSENTIAL OIL; HUMULENE; LARVICIDAL AGENT; TERPINENE; BETA-ELEMENE; INSECTICIDE; SESQUITERPENE;

ACUTE TOXICITY; AEDES ALBOPICTUS; ANOPHELES SUBPICTUS; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULEX TRITAENIORHYNCHUS; DENGUE; EUCALYPTUS CAMALDULENSIS; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY MASS SPECTROSCOPY; JAPANESE ENCEPHALITIS; LC50; MALARIA; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYZYGIUM; SYZYGIUM ZEYLANICUM; AEDES; ANIMAL; ANOPHELES; CHEMISTRY; CULEX; DRUG EFFECTS; LARVA; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; MOSQUITO VECTOR; MYRTACEAE; PLANT LEAF;

AEDES; ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; CULEX; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; INSECTICIDES; LARVA; MOSQUITO VECTORS; MYRTACEAE; OILS, VOLATILE; PLANT LEAVES; SESQUITERPENES; SYZYGIUM;

EID: 84962205386     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: 14321955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-016-5025-2     Document Type: Article

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