Plant derived larvicides as a tool to manage malaria in Kenya
Date
2003Author
Kabaru, Jacques M.
Yenesew', Abiy
Type
ArticleLanguage
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Malaria remains a serious parasitic disease killing over one million people annually. One of the
strategies to manage the malaria problem is to control the population of mosquito at larval or
adult stages of their life cycle. However with. the appearance of insect resistance to conventional
insecticides together with the growing environmental concern on the use of many synthetic
insecticides, in particular halogenated compounds such as DDT, the search for effective and
environmentally friendly insecticidal agents is intensifying. In this effort some East African plant
extracts and pure compounds have been tested for larvicidal activities (Muwangi and Mukiama,
1988; Mwangi and Rembold, 1988; Gikonyo et aI., 1998).
Citation
AlCAD Research Mini-Reviews Vol. 1."2003Publisher
Department of Chemistry, University of Nairobi, Department of Zoology, University of Nairobi