COMPARATIVE EFFICACY OF MOMORDICA CHARANTIA LEAF AND SEED RACTS AGAINST THE FILARIAL VECTOR CULEX QUINQUEFASCIATUS

10.22376/ijpbs.2019.10.1.p1-12

Volume 4 Issue 3 2013 (July - September) COMPARATIVE EFFICACY OF MOMORDICA CHARANTIA LEAF AND SEED RACTS AGAINST THE FILARIAL VECTOR CULEX QUINQUEFASCIATUS A comparative study using lessThan i greaterThan Momordica charantia lessThan /i greaterThan leaf and seed extract on the fourth instar larvae of lessThan i greaterThan Culex quinquefaciatus lessThan /i greaterThan . A maximum mortality (100%) was observed in petroleum ether leaf extract at 72hr and in seed extracts minimum larval mortality was observed in petroleum ether, chloroform and ethanol extracts. C.A ANNAPOORANI. AND K. MANIMEGALAI. Culex quinquefasciatus, Momordica charantia, fourth instar larvae, maximum mortality 83-