Screening of selected ethnomedicinal plants from South Africa for larvicidal activity against the mosquito <it>Anopheles arabiensis</it>

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>This study was initiated to establish whether any South African ethnomedicinal plants (indigenous or exotic), that have been reported to be used traditionally to repel or kill mosquitoes, exhibit effective mosquito larvicidal propert...

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Main Authors: Maharaj Rajendra, Maharaj Vinesh, Crouch Neil R, Bhagwandin Niresh, Folb Peter I, Pillay Pamisha, Gayaram Reshma
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2012-09-01
Series:Malaria Journal
Online Access:http://www.malariajournal.com/content/11/1/320