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Table 3 Repellency effects against An. gambiae, An. arabiensis and Cx. quinquefasciatus induced by 500 mg/m2 of each of citronella and two extracts of Ocimum suave and Ocimum kilimandscharicum.

From: Ethnobotanical study of some of mosquito repellent plants in north-eastern Tanzania

 

An. gambiae (N = 100)

An. arabiensis (N = 100)

Cx. quinquefaciatus(N = 100)

 

% Repellency

P-value*

% Repellency

P-value*

% Repellency

P-value*

Citronella

81

0.000

85

0.000

98

0.000

OS

81

0.020

89

0.010

91

0.07

OK

73

0.050

75

0.070

82

0.040

  1. *The paired samples T-test was used to compare the means