An Evidence-Based Review on Medicinal Plants Used as Insecticide and Insect Repellent in Traditional Iranian Medicine.

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Published in Iran Red Crescent Med J on February 13, 2016

Authors

Mina Cheraghi Niroumand1, Mohammad Hosein Farzaei2, Elahe Karimpour Razkenari3, Gholamreza Amin4, Mahnaz Khanavi5, Tahmineh Akbarzadeh6, Mohammad Reza Shams-Ardekani5

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Traditional Pharmacy, Faculty of Traditional Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran; Persian Medicine and Pharmacy Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran.
2: Pharmaceutical Sciences Research Center, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, IR Iran.
3: Persian Medicine and Pharmacy Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran.
4: Department of Traditional Pharmacy, Faculty of Traditional Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran; Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran.
5: Department of Traditional Pharmacy, Faculty of Traditional Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran; Persian Medicine and Pharmacy Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran; Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran.
6: Persian Medicine and Pharmacy Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran; Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran; Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran.

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