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Table 8 Anti-Pharaoh investigations of P. hydropiper extracts and saponins

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

Samples

Dose (mg/ml)

Total treated

No. Repeated

Average lethality

Percent lethality

LC50 (mg/ml)

Crude (Ph.Cr)

12.5

20

3

8.66 ± 0.66

43.30

33.54

25

20

9.00 ± 1.15

45.00

50

20

12.66 ± 2.33

63.30

n-Hexane (Ph.Hex)

12.5

20

3

5.00 ± 0.57

25.00

54.82

25

20

7.66 ± 0.88

38.30

50

20

9.33 ± 0.88

46.65

Chloroform (Ph.Chf)

12.5

20

3

16.66 ± 1.33

83.30

<0.01

25

20

17.33 ± 0.66

86.65

50

20

19.33 ± 0.88

96.65

Ethyl acetate (Ph.EtAc)

12.5

20

3

12.00 ± 0.00

60.00

5.91

25

20

14.00 ± 1.15

70.00

50

20

15.66 ± 0.33

78.30

Aqueous (Ph.Aq)

12.5

20

3

9.66 ± 1.20

48.30

17.17

25

20

10.66 ± 1.33

53.30

50

20

12.33 ± 0.88

61.65

Butanol (Ph.Bt)

12.5

20

3

12.00 ± 1.15

60.00

6.13

25

20

13.66 ± 0.88

68.30

50

20

15.66 ± 0.66

78.30

(Saponins) Ph.Sp

12.5

20

3

18.66 ± 0.33

93.30

<0.01

25

20

20.00 ± 0.00

100.00

50

20

20.00 ± 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. Negative Control: Distilled Water; Positive Control: Permethrin