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Scholars Academic Journal of Biosciences | Volume-8 | Issue-11
Larvicidal Activitity of Some Medicinal Plant Crude Aqueous Extracts Against the Bancroftian Filariasis Vector, Culex Quinquefasciatus
Nadia Nour el Din Abdel Gadir, Hatil Hashim EL-Kamali, Hind Awad Abdalla, Hagir Mahgoub Mohammed, Asrar Mohammed Ahmed
Published: Nov. 19, 2020 |
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DOI: 10.36347/sajb.2020.v08i11.003
Pages: 356-359
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Abstract
Aqueous extracts of dried Conyza aegyptiaca (Asteraceae) aerial parts, Morettia phillaeana (Del.) DC. (Brassicaceae) aerial parts, Acacia mellifera (Vahl.) Benth. (Mimosaceae) stem bark and Fagonia cretica L. (Zygophyllaceae) aerial parts were tested for larvicidal activity against the third instar larvae of the mosquito Culex quinquefasciatus Say. Extracts of C. aegyptiaca (LC50 = 1.55 mg/ml), M.phillaeana (LC50 = 5.50 mg/ml), A.mellifera (LC50 = 4.79 mg/ml) and F.cretica (LC50 = 13.80 mg/ml) were all promising as larvicides.