Insecticidal activities and phytochemical screening of crude extracts and its derived fractions from three medicinal plants Nepeta leavigata, Nepeta kurramensis and Rhynchosia reniformis

Pakistan Journal of Botany

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 2485-2487

  Ahmad, Nisar ^a   Shinwari, Zabta Khan ^b   Hussain, Javid ^c   Ahmad, Ijaz ^a  

^a Kohat University of Science and Technolog   (Pakistan)

^b QUAID I AZAM UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NIZWA   (Oman)

Author keywords

Biochemical screening; Drug sighting; Insecticidal activity; Medicinal plants; Nepeta kurramensis; Nepeta leavigata; Rhynchosia reniformis

Indexed keywords

EID: 85007453063     PISSN: 05563321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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