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Table 5 Mortality rates scored for An. gambiae, An. arabiensis and Cx. quinquefasciatus induced by 500 mg/m2 for each of standard repellent Citronella and two extracts of Ocimum suave (OS) and Ocimum kilimandscharicum (OK).

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

Test

An. gambiae (N = 100)

An. arabiensis (N = 100)

Cx. quinquefasciatus (N = 100)

Product

% Mortality

P-value*

% Mortality

P-value*

% Mortality

P-value*

Citronella

63

0.000

69

0.000

65

0.000

OS

50

0.009

58

0.001

67

0.039

OK

47

0.001

52

0.040

65

0.001

  1. *The paired samples T-test was used to calculate the p-values.