Plant extracts as potential mosquito larvicides

A Ghosh, N Chowdhury, G Chandra - Indian journal of medical …, 2012 - journals.lww.com
Mosquitoes act as a vector for most of the life threatening diseases like malaria, yellow fever,
dengue fever, chikungunya ferver, filariasis, encephalitis, West Nile Virus infection, etc …

The potentiality of botanicals and their products as an alternative to chemical insecticides to sandflies (Diptera: Psychodidae): A review

DS Dinesh, S Kumari, V Kumar… - Journal of vector borne …, 2014 - journals.lww.com
Use of chemical pesticides is the current method for controlling sandflies. However,
resistance is being developed in sandflies against the insecticide of choice that is DDT …

Larvicidal activity of Morinda citrifolia L. (Noni) (Family: Rubiaceae) leaf extract against Anopheles stephensi, Culex quinquefasciatus, and Aedes aegypti

K Kovendan, K Murugan, SP Shanthakumar… - Parasitology …, 2012 - Springer
Morinda citrifolia leaf extract was tested for larvicidal activity against three medically
important mosquito vectors such as malarial vector Anopheles stephensi, dengue vector …

Carica papaya (Papaya) latex: a new paradigm to combat against dengue and filariasis vectors Aedes aegypti and Culex quinquefasciatus (Diptera: Culicidae)

R Chandrasekaran, P Seetharaman, M Krishnan… - 3 Biotech, 2018 - Springer
This study manifests the larvicidal efficacy of Carica papaya latex extract and silver
nanoparticles (CPAgNPs) synthesized using latex, against developing immature juveniles of …

[HTML][HTML] Repellency effects of essential oils of myrtle (Myrtus communis), Marigold (Calendula officinalis) compared with DEET against Anopheles stephensi on human …

M Tavassoli, M Shayeghi, MR Abai… - Iranian Journal of …, 2011 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background: Malaria and leishmaniasis are two most significant parasitic diseases which
are endemic in Iran. Over the past decades, interest in botanical repellents has increased as …

[HTML][HTML] Baseline susceptibility of different geographical strains of Anopheles stephensi (Diptera: Culicidae) to temephos in malarious areas of Irana

A Soltani, H Vatandoost, MA Oshaghi… - Journal of arthropod …, 2013 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background: Malaria still remains a public health problem in Iran. There are different vector
control interventions such as insecticide spraying. The present study was carried out to …

Chemical composition, larvicidal and antioxidant activities of latex from Garcinia morella (Gaertn.) Desr.

HN Murthy, KS Joseph, S Payamalle, D Dalawai… - Journal of Parasitic …, 2017 - Springer
The present study revealed that the latex of Garcinia morella (Gaertn.) possessed 204.27
mg/g phenolic acid and 124.92 mg/g of flavonoid content along with other phytochemicals …

Evaluation of larvicidal activity of Pongamia pinnata extracts against three mosquito vectors

GR Kolli, R Sundararajan - Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine, 2013 - Elsevier
Objective To evaluate the mosquito larvicidal activity of Pongamia pinnata (P. pinnata)
extracts against three mosquito vectors. Methods The methanol and hydroalcohol extracts of …

[HTML][HTML] Conducting international diploma course on malaria program planning and management (1996–2012)

AR Mesdaghinia, H Vatandoost… - Journal of arthropod …, 2013 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background: Malaria is still a public health problem in the world. One of the main objectives
of World Health organization is capacity building of authorities who are involved with malaria …

Larvicidal Activities of Leaf Extracts of Adansonia digitata L.(Malvales: Malvaceae) and Ficus sur Forssk (Rosales: Moraceae) against Culex quinquefasciatus …

IK Olayemi, OM Samuel, AC Ukubuiwe, AT Ande… - 2017 - repository.futminna.edu.ng
Due to the ineffectiveness of synthetic insecticides for sustainable control of Mosquito
vectors, whose transmitted diseases are the major causes of morbidity and mortality in the …