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<Journal-Info>
<name>International Journal of Pharma and Bio Sciences</name>
<website>ijpbs.net</website>
<email>editorijpbs@rediffmail.com (or) editorofijpbs@yahoo.com (or) prasmol@rediffmail.com</email>
</Journal-Info>
<article>
<article-id pub-id-type='other'>10.22376/ijpbs.2019.10.1.p1-12</article-id>
<issue_number>Volume 5 Issue 4</issue_number>
<issue_period>2014 (October - December)</issue_period>
<title>LARVICIDAL EFFICACY OF MEDICINAL PLANT EXTRACTS FOR THE CONTROL OF MOSQUITOE VECTORS </title>
<abstract>The larvicidal activities to determine the efficacies of acetone, ethyl acetate, chloroform and butanol dried leaf extracts of  lessThan i greaterThan Annona squamosa lessThan /i greaterThan  lessThan i greaterThan ,  lessThan /i greaterThan  lessThan i greaterThan Cynodon dactylon lessThan /i greaterThan  lessThan i greaterThan ,  lessThan /i greaterThan  lessThan i greaterThan Melia azedarach  lessThan /i greaterThan  lessThan i greaterThan and  lessThan /i greaterThan  lessThan i greaterThan root extract of  lessThan /i greaterThan  lessThan i greaterThan Hemidesmus indicus  lessThan /i greaterThan tested against 3 lessThan sup greaterThan rd lessThan /sup greaterThan  instar  lessThan i greaterThan Culex quinquefasciatus lessThan /i greaterThan  and  lessThan i greaterThan Aedes aegypti lessThan /i greaterThan . The highest larvae mortality was found in the acetone followed by ethyl acetate, chloroform and butanol extract of  lessThan i greaterThan A. squamosa lessThan /i greaterThan  with LC lessThan sub greaterThan 50  lessThan /sub greaterThan values of 594.60, 490.35, 143.90, 117.98 and 280.62, 343.89, 156.92, 471.94 ppm;  lessThan i greaterThan C. dactylon  lessThan /i greaterThan with LC lessThan sub greaterThan 50 lessThan /sub greaterThan  values of 585.86, 143.32, 74.33, 148.65 and 408.48, 198.43, 169.28, 385.55 ppm;  lessThan i greaterThan M. azedarach lessThan /i greaterThan  with LC lessThan sub greaterThan 50 lessThan /sub greaterThan  values of 264.87, 65.27, 88.39, 514.65 and 192.78, 148.65, 172.24, 235.97 ppm  lessThan i greaterThan H. indicus  lessThan /i greaterThan with LC lessThan sub greaterThan 50  lessThan /sub greaterThan values of 210.22, 174.82, 117.98, 445.45 and 363.91, 255.47, 186.61, 338.56 ppm against  lessThan i greaterThan C lessThan /i greaterThan .  lessThan i greaterThan quinquefasciatus  lessThan /i greaterThan and lessThan i greaterThan  A lessThan /i greaterThan .  lessThan i greaterThan aegypti lessThan /i greaterThan . Our result suggested that the ethyl acetate of  lessThan i greaterThan M lessThan /i greaterThan .  lessThan i greaterThan azedarach lessThan /i greaterThan  leaf extract was an excellent larvicidal potential in controlling  lessThan i greaterThan filariasis lessThan /i greaterThan  and dengue vectors.</abstract>
<authors>RAVICHANDRAN RAMANIBAI AND KANAYAIRAM VELAYUTHAM</authors>
<keywords>Medicinal plants, Culex quinquefasciatus, Aedes aegypti, Lethal concentration</keywords>
<pages>707-715</pages>
</article>
</Journal>
