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Table 3 LC50 and LC90 of test plant extract against larvae of Anopheles arabiensis

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

Solvent

Plant name

LC 50

LCL

UCL

LC90

LCL

UCL

X2 (dfb = 4)

Ethanol

Azadirachta indica

40.73

10.38

65.31

186.66

131.97

378.50

0.339

Ocimum lamiifolium

40.93

5.35

69.23

230

170.5

944.18

0.744

Ocimum americanum

92.42

45

129.22

551

318

3092

1.419

Methanol

Moringa olifeira leaf

45.43

11.93

72

260

159

558

0.390

Moringa olifeira seed

62.35

19.1

94.01

388

239.75

1792.11

2.831

  1. *LC50-Lethal concentration kills 50% of the exposed larvae
  2. LC90-Lethal concentration kills 90% of the exposed larvae
  3. UCL Upper confidence limit
  4. LCL Lower confidence limit
  5. X2 Chi-square
  6. df degree of freedom