Neem (Azadirachta indica): towards the ideal insecticide?

Natural Product Research

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 369-386

  Benelli, Giovanni ^a,b   Canale, Angelo ^a   Toniolo, Chiara ^c   Higuchi, Akon ^d   Murugan, Kadarkarai ^e,f   Pavela, Roman ^g   Nicoletti, Marcello ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b SCUOLA SUPERIORE SANT ANNA   (Italy)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^d NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e BHARATHIAR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^f THIRUVALLUVAR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^g CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Green nanosynthesis; malaria; Meliaceae; mosquito vectors; pesticides; Zika virus

Indexed keywords

INSECTICIDE; MOSQUITOCIDE; NEEM OIL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ACYLGLYCEROL; TERPENE;

AZADIRACHTA INDICA; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; BOTANY; COST CONTROL; ETHNOBOTANY; HUMAN; INSECTICIDAL ACTIVITY; KNOWLEDGE; MANURE; NEEM CAKE; NONHUMAN; PEST ARTHROPOD; PEST INSECT; REVIEW; ANIMAL; PEST CONTROL;

ANIMALS; AZADIRACHTA; ETHNOBOTANY; GLYCERIDES; INSECTICIDES; PEST CONTROL; TERPENES;

EID: 85007107693     PISSN: 14786419     EISSN: 14786427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14786419.2016.1214834     Document Type: Review

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