Evaluation of selected South African ethnomedicinal plants as mosquito repellents against the Anopheles arabiensis mosquito in a rodent model

Table 2 Time lag repellency tests using a selection of active extracts from initial two minute trials

Family	Plant species	Plant part	Extraction	Repellency%
				(minutes post application)
				60	120	180
Asteraceae	Litogyne gariepina	Roots	DCM	75	52	57
Buddlejaceae	Nuxia floribunda	Leaves	DCM/MeOH(1:1)	43	42	35
Chenopodiaceae	Chenopodium opulifolium	Roots	Water	97	17	30
Lamiaceae	Leucas martinicensis	Leaves	DCM	60	57	49
Malvaceae	Sida cordifolia	Whole Plant	DCM/MeOH(1:1)	40	23	10
Negative control			Distilled water	10	20	20
Negative control			Acetone	17	20	33
Positive control			DEET	100	100	100

ISSN: 1475-2875