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Aug 6, 2007Keywords:
<i>Pseudocedrela kotschyi Harungana madagascariensis Pycnanthus angolensis</i> Larvicidal activity <i>Aedes aegypti</i> mosquito
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Potential of some Nigerian plants as mosquito larvicides
Abstract
Crude ethanolic extracts of thirteen plants from Nigeria were screened for larvicidal activity against fourth instar Aedes aegypti mosquito. Only seven of these were active (LC50 ≤ 6.25ppm). Activity of the solvent partitioned-extracts derived from the more active plants was in the order: EtOAc < BuOH 2O (for Pseudocedrela kotschyi stem bark); and BuOH < EtOAc < H2O (for Pycnanthus angolensis stem bark). Only the EtOAc extract of Harungana madagascariensis was active. This study suggests a potential use of these plants in the control of vector mosquitoes of malaria.
Keywords: Pseudocedrela kotschyi, Harungana madagascariensis, Pycnanthus angolensis, Larvicidal activity, Aedes aegypti mosquito
Journal of Pharmacy and Bioresources Vol. 3 (1) 2006: pp. 46-48
