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Table 2 The larvicidal activity of thirty six fractions of the most promising plant extracts

From: Screening of selected ethnomedicinal plants from South Africa for larvicidal activity against the mosquito Anopheles arabiensis

Plant species

Family

Plant part

Extraction

Fraction Number

% Mortality

Rutaceae

Macrostylis squarrosa

Stems

DCM

1-7

22

    

11-14

70

    

19-21

68

    

22

25

    

23

5

    

24

18

    

26-29

57

    

44-63/17-20

77

Rutaceae

Toddalia asiatica

leaves

DCM

2-3

10

    

100-122

100

    

17-27/36-60

100

    

36-47/8-12

100

    

168-180/11-19

100

Asphodeleace

Aloe greatheadii var. davyana

Leaves + Twigs

DCM

1-11

18

    

12-18

43

    

19-27

23

    

28-32

32

    

33-41

100

    

42-52

20

    

53-54

17

    

55-67

58

    

68-75

42

    

76-77

63

    

78-82

25

    

83-85

12

Asteraceae

Vernonia natalensis

All parts

Water

31-35

27

    

36-38

10

    

29-30

22

    

1-28

20

    

39-41

32

    

42-44

40

    

45-50

28

    

51-54

12

    

55-65

50

    

66-69

57

    

70-76

45