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Table 3 Larvicidal activity of Zanthoxylum acanthopodium essential oil, estragole and eucalyptol against fourth instar Anopheles anthropophagus larvae

From: Larvicidal activity of Zanthoxylum acanthopodium essential oil against the malaria mosquitoes, Anopheles anthropophagus and Anopheles sinensis

Compounds	Concentration (mg/L)	24 h mortality (%)	LC₅₀ (mg/L) (95% CI)	LC₉₀ (mg/L) (95% CI)	Slope ± S.E.	Chisquare (df)
Essential oil	25	36	36.00 (30.90–40.61)	101.49 (88.49–121.70)	2.85 ± 0.27	3.885^a
	50	62
	75	78
	100	90
	125	97
	150	100
Estragole	25	31	38.56 (26.73–48.40)	95.90 (74.43–153.82)	3.24 ± 0.29	6.248 (3)^a
	50	60
	75	78
	100	91
	125	99
	150	100
Eucalyptol	25	28	42.41 (37.49–47.01)	111.45 (97.62–132.64)	3.05 ± 0.27	4.749 (3)^a
	50	54
	75	73
	100	88
	125	96
	150	100
DMSO		2 ± 0.55

LC values are considered significantly different when 95% CL fail to overlap
95% CI confidence interval at 95% confidence level
^aThe significance level is more than 0.05, a heterogeneity factor is used in the calculation of confidence limits

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