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the highest mortality rate was achieved in DSEE-F1
and its LC
50
value was 4.39 ppm 24 hours post
exposure. Owino et al. (2014) reported that out of four
fractions obtained from the chloroform root bark
extract of
Turraea
abyssinica
and
Turraea
cornucopia
,
fraction TAF
4
elicited the highest larval mortality and
its LC
50
value was 185.4 ppm while fraction TCF
5
of
Turraea
cornucopia
exhibited 56.6 ppm against
Anopheles
gambiae
after exposure of larvae for 24
hours. Arivoli et al. (2015b) reported that the isolated
fractions of
Citrullus colocynthis
dichloromethane
whole plant extract when evaluated for larvicidal
activity against the vector mosquitoes, the fraction ‘C’
(100 ppm) showed 94.4, 96.0 and 98.4% mortality
against third instar larvae of
Aedes aegypti, Anopheles
stephensi
and
Culex quinquefasciatus
and LC
50
values
of 18.57, 23.48, 19.26 ppm respectively after 24 hours.
Botanicals have widespread insecticidal properties and
identifying plant based insecticides that are efficient
as well as suitable and adaptive to local ecological
conditions, biodegradable and possessing wide spread
mosquitocidal property will obviously work as a new
weapon in the arsenal of synthetic insecticides and in
future may act as suitable alternative product to fight
against mosquito-borne diseases (Ghosh et al., 2012).
Identification and isolation of bioactive compounds of
plant origin against mosquito menace are imperative
for the management of mosquito-borne diseases.
Further, Tehri and Singh (2015) stated that the successful
results of preliminary studies on mosquitocidal
potential of plant extracts encourage further effort to
investigate the bioactive compounds in those extracts
that might possess good larvicidal properties when
isolated in pure form. In addition, novel drug delivery
system of plant based active substances is the need of
the hour.
Acknowledgement
The first author is thankful to the Department of
Science and Technology, Govt. of India, New Delhi,
India for financial assistance.
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