1. Neem by-products in the fight against mosquito-borne diseases: Biotoxicity of neem cake fractions towards the rural malaria vector Anopheles culicifacies (Diptera: Culicidae)
Balamurugan CHANDRAMOHAN ; Kadarkarai MURUGAN ; Pari MADHIYAZHAGAN ; Kalimuthu KOVENDAN ; Palanisamy Mahesh KUMAR ; Devakumar DINESH ; Jayapal SUBRAMANIAM ; Rajapandian RAJAGANESH ; Chellasamy PANNEERSELVAM ; Marcello NICOLETTI ; Angelo CANALE ; Giovanni BENELLI
Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine 2016;6(6):472-476
Objective: To evaluate the ovicidal, larvicidal and adulticidal potential of neem cake fractions of different polarity against the rural malaria vector Anopheles culicifacies (An. culicifacies). Methods: Neem cake fractions' total methanol extract (NTMeOH), total ethyl acetate extract (NTAcOEt), ethyl acetate fraction after repartition with NTMeOH (NRAcOEt), butanol fraction after repartition with NTMeOH (NRBuOH), and aqueous fraction after repartition of NTMeOH (NRH