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Table 2 Bioassays results with Abbot’s correction of the 20 tree species

From: Repellent activity against Anopheles gambiae of the leaves of nesting trees in the Sebitoli chimpanzee community of Kibale National Park, Uganda

Species

Product

Repellent test

(> 20%)

Irritancy test (> 50%)

Toxicity test (> 10%)

Nesting trees

 Diospyros abyssinica

1%

69.77

55.16

−2.27

0.1%

33.20

71.39

−2.04

Hydrolat

3.39

5.01

−4.29

 Strombosia scheffleri

1%

−0.15

  

0.1%

4.36

40.30

5.99

Hydrolat

0.00

0.81

−0.04

 Vepris nobilis

1%

47.23

74.59

8.10

0.1%

16.95

86.86

−10.54

Hydrolat

4.76

1.54

10.21

 Lepisanthes senegalensis

1%

40.05

70.00

3.90

0.1%

21.15

61.46

1.87

Hydrolat

1.88

20.53

−2.44

 Turraeanthus africanus

1%

52.90

84.39

2.01

0.1%

1.66

44.43

−1.41

Hydrolat

6.78

36.08

3.53

 Croton megalocarpus

1%

41.38

63.95

0.00

0.1%

−9.74

8.33

−8.20

Hydrolat

0.00

16.19

3.65

 Celtis gomphophylla

1%

   

0.1%

10.64

−3.75

−5.27

Hydrolat

4.03

−4.63

0.00

 Olea welwitschii

1%

   

0.1%

   

Hydrolat

0.17

15.02

−4.72

 Eucalyptus grandis

1%

35.00

100.00

−3.63

0.1%

19.99

45.14

0.00

Hydrolat

3.30

11.48

0.37

 Noronhia africana

1%

   

0.1%

22.15

  

Hydrolat

3.02

-9.83

2.90

Abundant trees

 Trilepisium madagascariense

1%

   

0.1%

   

Hydrolat

1.81

15.12

−0.52

 Chrysophyllum albidum

1%

   

0.1%

   

Hydrolat

5.12

20.68

−5.48

 Uvariopsis congensis

1%

   

0.1%

30.20

69.71

−0.49

Hydrolat

−2.13

8.16

−3.39

 Neoboutonia macrocalyx

1%

   

0.1%

   

Hydrolat

2.78

-2.08

5.59

 Eudenia eminens

1%

   

0.1%

15.63

56.97

1.91

Hydrolat

1.67

6.18

1.91

 Tabernaemontan pachysiphon

1%

   

0.1%

   

Hydrolat

3.17

26.76

−0.12

 Newtonia buchananii

1%

   

0.1%

   

Hydrolat

7.09

22.76

1.45

 Celtis africana

1%

22.41

  

0.1%

38.31

79.07

5.82

Hydrolat

−1.82

7.08

11.11

 Carapa grandiflora

1%

21.09

  

0.1%

10.28

62.68

5.72

Hydrolat

−1.44

11.75

1.25

 Alangium chinense

1%

15.63

52.09

0.12

0.1%

16.67

93.84

−1.59

Hydrolat

7.60

3.74

2.78

  1. Negative values indicate a lower activity compared to the control. In bold, result significantly different from the control and superior at the threshold