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Table 4 Adulticidal activity of ethanol and methanol crude plant extract of test plants against adult 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

71.65 ± 0.333Aa

75 ± 0.577Aa

Ocimum lamiifolium

70 ± 0.577Aa

65 ± 1.201Aa

Ocimum americanum

55 ± 0.577Ab

51.5 ± 0.333Ab

Moringa olifeira leaf

50 ± 0.577Ab

50 ± 0.577Ab

Moringa olifeira seed

55 ± 0.881Ab

53.3 ± 1.4529Ab

Negative Control

0.00 ± 0.000Ac

0.00 ± 0.000Ac

  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)