Traditional herbal remedies and dietary spices from Cameroon as novel sources of larvicides against filariasis mosquitoes?

Parasitology Research

Volumn 115, Issue 12, 2016, Pages 4617-4626

  Pavela, Roman ^a   Maggi, Filippo ^b   Mbuntcha, Hélène ^c   Woguem, Verlaine ^c   Fogang, Hervet Paulin Dongmo ^c   Womeni, Hilaire Macaire ^c   Tapondjou, Léon Azefack ^c   Barboni, Luciano ^b   Nicoletti, Marcello ^d   Canale, Angelo ^e   Benelli, Giovanni ^e  

^a CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMERINO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DSCHANG   (Cameroon)

^d SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aframomum daniellii; Culex quinquefasciatus; Dichrostachys cinerea; Echinops giganteus; Essential oil; Rift Valley fever; West Nile virus

Indexed keywords

2 METHYL BUTYL 2 METHYL BUTYRATE; 3 CARENE; ALPHA PHELLANDRENE; ALPHA THUJENE; BETA PINENE; BORNEOL; CAMPHENE; CAMPHOR; CINEOLE; DELTA 2 CARENE; DELTA TERPINEOL; ESSENTIAL OIL; ETHYLHEXANOL; GERANIOL; LARVICIDAL AGENT; LIGUSTRAZIN; LIMONENE; LINALOOL; MYRCENE; OCIMENE; PARA CYMENE; PINENE; PRESILPHIPERFOLAN 8 OL; SABINENE; SILPHIPERFOL 6 ENE; TERPINEN 4 OL; TERPINENE; TERPINEOL; TERPINOLENE; UMBELLULONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; INSECTICIDE; PLANT EXTRACT;

AFRAMOMUM DANIELLII; ARTICLE; ASTERACEAE; CAMEROON; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULEX QUINQUEFASCIATUS; DICHROSTACHYS CINEREA; ECHINOPS GIGANTEUS; FILARIASIS; FRUIT; HERBAL MEDICINE; HYDRODISTILLATION; LC50; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; PLANT SEED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPICE; ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; ANOPHELES; CHEMISTRY; CULEX; DRUG EFFECTS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INSECT VECTOR; LARVA; MOSQUITO CONTROL; PROCEDURES; TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; CAMEROON; CULEX; FILARIASIS; INSECT VECTORS; INSECTICIDES; LARVA; MOSQUITO CONTROL; OILS, VOLATILE; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; SPICES;

EID: 84988712296     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: 14321955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-016-5254-4     Document Type: Article

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