Screening of Tropical Plants for the Presence of Bioactive Compounds
The use of synthetic pesticides and herbicides to control insect and weed pests has posed substantial problems due to their persistence in the environment, insect resistance and high mammalian toxicity. On the other hand. plant-de1ived insecticide are more readily biodegraded, less likely to conta...
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1992
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Online Access: | http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/3035/1/Screening_of_Tropical_Plants_for_the.pdf |