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Table 7 Larvicaidal activity of Polygonum hydropiper extracts against Anobium punctatum

From: Chemical profiling, antimicrobial and insecticidal evaluations of Polygonum hydropiper L

Samples

Dose (mg/ml)

Total treated

No. Repeated

Average lethality

%lethality mean ± SEM

LC50 (mg/ml)

Crude (Ph.Cr)

12.5

25

3

17.66 ± 0.66

70.64

0.93

25

25

18.66 ± 0.33

74.64

50

25

20.00 ± 0.57

80.00

n-Hexane (Ph.Hex)

12.5

25

3

8.66 ± 0.88

34.64

27.32

25

25

12.33 ± 0.88

49.32

50

25

14.66 ± 1.20

58.64

Chloroform (Ph.Chf)

12.5

25

3

19.33 ± 0.88

77.32

1.16

25

25

22.33 ± 1.20

89.32

50

25

23.33 ± 0.66

93.32

Ethyl acetate (Ph.EtAc)

12.5

25

3

15.66 ± 1.33

62.64

6.35

25

25

17.66 ± 2.33

70.64

50

25

21.00 ± 1.15

84.00

Aqueous (Ph.Aq)

12.5

25

3

9.66 ± 1.20

38.64

53.24

25

25

11.00 ± 1.15

44.00

50

25

12.33 ± 0.88

49.32

Butanol (Ph.Bt)

12.5

25

3

16.66 ± 0.33

66.64

2.28

25

25

17.33 ± 0.88

69.32

50

25

19.66 ± 2.33

78.64

(Saponins) Ph.Sp

12.5

25

3

23.66 ± 0.33

94.64

<0.01

25

25

24.00 ± 0.00

96.00

50

25

25.00 ± 0.00

100.00

Positive Control

12.5

25

3

25.00 ± 0.00

100.0

<0.01

25

25

25.00 ± 0.00

100.0

50

25

25.00 ± 0.00

100.0

Negative Control

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25

3

0.00

0.00

0.00

  1. Each value represent Mean ± SEM of three independent experimental readings. Results were expressed as % mortality and LC50 (mg/ml). Negative Control: Distilled Water, Positive Control: permethrin