Toxicity of Nerium indicum Miller seed extract on bandicoot rat, Bandicota bengalensis Gray.
Crude extract (12.5 ml/kg) of N. indicum seed gave 100% mortality of B. bengalensis. Humanness assessment study revealed that this plant orgin chemical caused low pain and sufferings to the target pests.
Saravanan
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PG & Research Dept. of Zoology and Wildlife Biology, A.V.C. College (Autonomous), Mannampandal 609 305, India. ratsaro@yahoo.com
Senthilkumar
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Elayaraja
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Suresh
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D000818:Animals; D001522:Behavior, Animal / Q000187:drug effects; D009115:Muridae / Q000502:physiology; D030007:Nerium; D010572:Pest Control, Biological; D010936:Plant Extracts / Q000633:toxicity; D012378:Rodenticides / Q000633:toxicity*; D012639:Seeds
D010936:Plant Extracts; D012378:Rodenticides