Larvicidal activity of acridone alkaloids from zanthoxylum leprieurii against the malaria vector anopheles Gambiae

Natural Products Journal

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 121-124

  Matasyoh, Josphat C ^a   Talontsi, Ferdinand M ^b,c   Ngoumfo, Rostand M ^c   Chepkorir, Regina ^a  

^a EGERTON UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF YAOUNDÉ I   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

Acridone alkaloids; Anopheles gambiae; Larvicidal activity; Malaria; Zanthoxylum leprieurii

Indexed keywords

1 HYDROXY 3 METHOXY 10 METHYL 9 ACRIDONE; 1 HYDROXY 3 METHOXY 9 ACRIDONE; 1 HYDROXY 3 METHOXY 9 ACRIDONE 1 HYDROXY 3,4 DIMETHOXY 10 METHYL 9 ACRIDONE; LARVICIDAL AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZANTHOXYLUM LEPRIEURII EXTRACT;

ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; ANTIMALARIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG POTENCY; LARVA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 84976426625     PISSN: 22103155     EISSN: 22103163     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/2210315511101020121     Document Type: Article

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