Publications

novel acetylcholinesterase target site for malaria mosquito control.	current anticholinesterase pesticides were developed during world war ii and are toxic to mammals because they target a catalytic serine residue of acetylcholinesterases (aches) in insects and in mammals. a sequence analysis of aches from 73 species and a three-dimensional model of a malaria-carrying mosquito (anopheles gambiae) ache (agache) reported here show that c286 and r339 of agache are conserved at the opening of the active site of aches in 17 invertebrate and four insect species, respec ...	2006	17183688
evaluation of larvicidal and nymphicidal potential of plant extracts against anopheles subpictus grassi, culex tritaeniorhynchus giles and aphis gossypii glover.	the acetone, chloroform, ethyl acetate, hexane and methanol extracts of peel and leaf extracts of citrus sinensis, ocimum canum, ocimum sanctum and rhinacanthus nasutus were tested against fourth instar larvae of malaria vector, anopheles subpictus grassi, japanese encephalitis vector, culex tritaeniorhynchus giles (diptera: culicidae) and feeding deterrence to nymphs of cotton pest, aphis gossypii glover (homoptera: aphididae). the larval and nymph mortality were observed after 24 h of exposure ...	2009	19050919