Research Article
Chemical Composition and Larvicidal Activity of Essential Oils Extracted from Brazilian Legal Amazon Plants against Aedes aegypti L. (Diptera: Culicidae)
Table 3
Lethal concentrations for 50% of the test subjects (Aedes aegypti L.; n = 10) (LC50) of the essential oils obtained from plant species endemic to the Brazilian Legal Amazon after 24 h of exposure.
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LC50 was calculated by probit analysis using SPSS software version 13.0. bConfidence interval of 95%; no dead larvae were observed in the negative control, composed of 0.01% DMSO solution; the positive control, 1 mg/L temefos, exhibited 100% larval mortality. |