In Vitro Larvicidal and Antioxidant Activity of Dihydrophenanthroline-3-carbonitriles

Table 2

Larvicidal activity, mean efficacy (percentage ± S.D) of synthetic compounds against fourth instar larvae of Aedes aegypti and Culex quinquefasciatus.

Compound	Concentration; (ppm)	% Mortality ^a(ppm) ± SD
		A. aegypti	C.  quinquefasciatus
4a	50	22.4±6.69	36.2±4.24
	25	16.2±1.26	16.2±6.00
	12.5	12.0±4.01	10.0±4.28
	6.25	8.2±0.24	6.8±0.43
	3.12	4.6±0.62	2.0±1.86
4b	50	78.2±5.72	92.8±8.18
	25	64.8±1.79	71.4±7.70
	12.5	55.4±8.38	58.0±7.91
	6.25	42.2±1.39	36.2±8.43
	3.12	22.4±6.69	46.8±5.67
4c	50	72.6±6.05	87.0±3.39
	25	68.6±2.15	54.4±2.04
	12.5	45.2±8.83	34.8±2.26
	6.25	24.2±4.06	10.2±3.42
	3.12	14.6±2.84	8.0±1.53
4d	50	52.6±2.48	46.2±2.84
	25	48.4±2.68	43.2±0.66
	12.5	39.0±6.73	65.0±7.65
	6.25	26.4±10.56	39.4±14.25
	3.12	18.6±3.60	22.6±3.45
4e	50	100±0.00	100±0.00
	25	84.0±1.79	91.4±2.80
	12.5	65.4±2.38	58.0±6.90
	6.25	48.2±4.04	42.2±2.06
	3.12	26.4±2.06	36.8±5.04
4f	50	82.4±0.62	76.6±1.04
	25	66.1±1.96	48.9±1.43
	12.5	52.0±1.49	36.2±0.18
	6.25	28.2±0.24	28.1±0.22
	3.12	16.8±1.22	18.0±1.16