Table 4 Feeding inhibition of An. gambiae, An. arabiensis and Cx. quinquefasciatus induced by 500 mg/m2 of each of standard repellent citronella and two extracts of Ocimum suave and Ocimum kilimandscharicum.
From: Ethnobotanical study of some of mosquito repellent plants in north-eastern Tanzania
|
Test Product |
An. gambiae
(N = 100) |
An. Arabiensis
(N = 100) |
Cx. quinquefasciatus
(N = 100) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
% Feeding inhibition |
P- value* |
%Feeding inhibition |
P- value* |
% Feeding inhibition |
P- value* | |
| Citronella | 93 | 0.000 | 96 | 0.000 | 100 | 0.000 |
| OS | 88 | 0.012 | 90 | 0.012 | 100 | 0.000 |
| OK | 77 | 0.060 | 90 | 0.012 | 99 | 0.003 |