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Evaluation of indigenous plant extracts against larvae of Culex quinquefasciatus Say (Diptera: Culicidae)

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This study investigates the larvicidal potential of indigenous plant extracts from commonly used medicinal herbs as an environmentally safe measure to control the filarial vector, Culex quinquefasciatus Say (Diptera: Culicidae). The early fourth-instar larvae of C. quinquefasciatus, reared in the laboratory, were used for larvicidal assay with water, hot water, acetone, chloroform, and methanol leaf, stem-bark, and flower extracts of Acacia arabica Willd. Sans, Cedrus deodara Roxb, Hibiscus rosa-sinensis L., Mangifera indica L., Nerium indicum Mill., Nicotiana tabacum Linn., Pongamia pinnata (L.) Pierre, and Solanum nigrum Linn. All plant extracts showed moderate larvicidal effects after 24 h of exposure at 1,000 ppm; however, the highest larval mortality was found in stem-bark hot water, acetone, and methanol extracts of C. deodara (LC50 = 133.85, 141.60, and 95.19 ppm, LC90 = 583.14, 624.19, and 639.99 ppm) and leaf hot water, acetone, methanol, and chloroform extracts of N. tabacum (LC50 = 76.27, 163.81, 83.38, and 105.85 ppm, LC90 = 334.72, 627.38, 709.51, and 524.39 ppm) against the larvae of C. quinquefasciatus, respectively. This is an ideal ecofriendly approach for the control of lymphatic filariasis vector, C. quinquefasciatus.

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The authors are grateful to C. Abdul Hakeem College Management, Dr.S. Mohammed Yousuff, Principal, Dr. Ahmed Najib, HOD of Zoology Department, and Dr.Sait Sahul Hameed, Reader in Zoology, for their help and suggestion.

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    A. Abdul Rahuman, A. Bagavan, C. Kamaraj, M. Vadivelu, A. Abduz Zahir, G. Elango & G. Pandiyan

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Rahuman, A.A., Bagavan, A., Kamaraj, C. et al. Evaluation of indigenous plant extracts against larvae of Culex quinquefasciatus Say (Diptera: Culicidae). Parasitol Res 104, 637–643 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00436-008-1240-9

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