Larvicidal activity of some Curcuma and Kaempferia rhizome extracts against dengue fever mosquito Aedes aegypti Linnaeus (Diptera: Culicidae)

• Main Authors: Md.Sukari, Mohd. Aspollah, Rashid, Nur Yuhasliza, Neoh, Bee Keat, Abu Bakar, Noor Haslizawati, Riyanto, Sugeng, Ee, Gwendoline Cheng Lian
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Chemic Publishing Company 2010
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/15422/1/Larvicidal%20activity%20of%20some%20Curcuma%20and%20Kaempferia%20rhizome%20extracts%20against%20dengue%20fever%20mosquito%20Aedes%20aegypti%20Linnaeus.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/15422/
• Institution: Universiti Putra Malaysia

Investigations were carried out to test the larvicidal activity of extracts of some Zingiberaceae plants species against the larvae of dengue fever mosquito Aedes aegypti. Fifteen crude extracts from three Curcuma species and two Kaempferia species were used for the test. Most of these plants were t...