Toxicity of six plant extracts and two pyridone alkaloids from Ricinus communis against the malaria vector Anopheles gambiae

BACKGROUND: The African malaria vector, Anopheles gambiae s.s., is known to feed selectively on certain plants for sugar sources. However, the adaptive significance of this behaviour especially on how the extracts of such plants impact on the fitness of this vector has not been explored. This study...

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Autores principales: Wachira, Sabina Wangui, Omar, Sabar, Jacob, Julia Wanjiru, Wahome, Martin, Alborn, Hans T, Spring, David R, Masiga, Daniel K, Torto, Baldwyn
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4098926/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24996560
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1756-3305-7-312

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