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Table 2 Larvicidal activity of ethanol and methanol crude leaf and seed plant extract of test plants against fourth instar of larvae of Anopheles arabiensis at 300 ppm

From: Insecticidal effect of ethnobotanical plant extracts against Anopheles arabiensis under laboratory conditions

% Mean mortality ± SE

Plant species

Solvent

Ethanol

Methanol

Azadirachta indica

95 ± 0.577Aa

65 ± 1.528Ba

Ocimum lamiifolium

90 ± 0.577Aab

63.35 ± 3.480Bab

Ocimum americanum

88.25 ± 0.333Aabc

76.65 ± 0.667Babc

Moringa olifeira leaf

86.65 ± 0.667Abc

91.65 ± 0.882Ac

Moringa olifeira seed

83.35 ± 0.333Abc

90 ± 0.557Ac

Negative Control

0.00 ± 0.000Ad

0.00 ± 0.000Ad

  1. *Each value (% mean ± SE) represents mean value of three replicates
  2. *Means followed by the same letters within the same row (Upper case) and within the same column (Lower case) are not significantly different (p > 0.05)
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Malaria Journal

ISSN: 1475-2875

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