Background:Plants are known to produce a diverse group of natural metabolites with different biological activities.Centaurea ensiformis P.H.Davis,Origanum hypericifolium O.Schwartz&P.H.Davis,and Paeonia turcica Davis&...
The identification of natural, plant-derived compounds with pesticidal properties is crucial for developing environmentally sustainable alternatives to synthetic pesticides. In this study, four major lignans—dihydroc...
Background: Anopheles gambiae is enemy number one of mankind in Africa and particularly in Cameroon due to its ability of transmitting malaria which is the deadliest disease in this part of the world. Synthetic insect...
National Natural Sci-ence Foundation of China(31670337);Research Project(ZYS2016-001)funded by Yunnan Key Laboratory for Wild Plant Resources.
Zingiber cassumunar is an important plant used in traditional medicine and as a natural mosquito re-pellent.However,the compounds responsible for the repellent activity of the plant are still unknown.The aim of the st...
The Anonnaceae family has 2,500 species and 135 genera, which has about 14 representatives of species in Brazil,including Pseudoxandra cuspidata. The objective of this research was to study the aqueous-acid extract of...
Objective:To screen phytochemicals in ethanolic leaf extracts of Phyllanthus amarus collected from three different geographical zones in Nigeria and evaluate their effects on larva and adult of Anopheles gambiae.Metho...
support from the University Grants Commission,India,Grant number:F.15*42/SAII/2012.
The current paper has elaborated the efficient utilization of liquid biodiesel waste in combination with dillapiole and citronella essential oil as active ingredients.Sawdust,cellulose and hydrophobic silica were used...
The Aedes(Ae.)aegypti and Ae.albopictus mosquitoes are vectors of epidemiologically relevant arboviruses in the public health context,such as the dengue,Zika and chikungunya viruses.Among the alternatives to synthetic...
The progress in the field of nanotechnology has contributed to the development of tools for combating the most critical problems in developing countries. The requirements that such tools should meet are low-cost and r...
partly supported by the research grant from University Grant Commission,New Delhi(Award No.53583);partly from research contingency from Acharya Narendra Dev College,New Delhi.
Objective:To formulate silver nanocomposites from Achyranthes aspera leaf extracts and evaluate its larvicidal activity against Aedes aegypti.Methods:The silver nanocomposites were synthesized from Achyranthes aspera ...