Title
Larvicidal evaluation of aqueous suspensions of Annona muricata Linnaeus "custard apple" against Aedes aegypti Linnaeus (Diptera, Culicidae)
Other title
Evaluación larvicida de suspensiones acuosas de Annona muricata Linnaeus "guanábana" sobre Aedes aegypti Linnaeus (Diptera, Culicidae).
Date Issued
01 January 2005
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Dirección Ejecutiva de Salud Ambiental
Publisher(s)
Facultad de Ciencias Biologicas, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos
Abstract
The aim of the present study was to evaluate the larvicidal toxicity of aqueous suspensions from ethanol extracts of Annona muricata L. "custard apple" seeds, flowers, leaves, stem bark and root bark on fourth instar larvae of Aedes aegypti L. (Diptera: Culicidae) as well as to determinate susceptibility level. The highest larvicidal toxic effect was to the seeds suspension with 100% mortality at 0,5 mg/mL from 24 hours of exposure, and flowers suspension at 10 mg/mL from 48 hours of exposure and leaves suspension at 100 mg/mL from 36 hours of exposure. In seed suspension, lethal concentrations 50% (LC50) and 90% (LC90 ) values were 0,02 mg/mL and 0,11 mg/mL, in flowers suspensions were 3,33 mg/mL and 12,16 mg/mL, in leaf suspensions were 8,25 y 26,87 mg/mL and stem bark suspensions were 97,23 mg/mL, respectively. Log-dosage/probit lines indicated homogeneous responses towards the five aqueous suspensions, because of phytochemicals are distributed in each part of tree.
Start page
145
End page
152
Volume
12
Issue
1
Language
Spanish
OCDE Knowledge area
Protección y nutrición de las plantas
Ciencias de las plantas, Botánica
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85044533440
Source
Revista Peruana de Biologia
ISSN of the container
15610837
Sources of information:
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