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Table 4 LC50 and LC90 (ppm) of aqueous and methanolic crude leaf extracts of tests plants against the late third to early fourth instar larvae of Anopheles stephensi

From: Insecticidal effects of some selected plant extracts against Anopheles stephensi (Culicidae: Diptera)

Test plants

Solvents

LC50 (ppm)

95%

Confidence limit

LC90 (ppm)

95%

Confidence limit

χ2 (df = 5)

LCL

UCL

LCL

UCL

C. aurea

Aqueous

38. 69

35. 57

41.82

108. 28

96. 27

120. 30

2.93

Methanol

43. 25

40. 49

46. 02

96. 02

83. 87

108. 18

4.15

M. foetida

Aqueous

34. 61

32. 84

36. 38

57. 61

53. 29

61. 93

0.71

Methanol

99. 50

94. 56

104. 43

188. 76

177. 70

199. 82

6.90

Z. scabra

Aqueous

35. 85

33. 79

37. 91

68. 26

60. 20

76. 32

0.37

Methanol

41. 32

38. 51

44. 12

99. 07

84. 64

113. 50

1.43