Research Article

Ruta chalepensis L. Essential Oil Has a Biological Potential for a Natural Fight against the Pest of Stored Foodstuffs: Tribolium castaneum Herbst

Table 5

Equation of regression lines, regression coefficients, and lethal time 50 (LT50) values evaluated for the 4 concentrations of Ruta chalepensis essential oil.

Concentration (μl/ml)Equation of regressionR2Log timeTL50 (h)

0.15Y = 1.5311x + 2.53480.97701.61040.73
0.31Y = 1.5026x + 3.04250.95591.30319.95
0.46Y = 2.1074x + 2.52610.95031.17414.79
0.62Y = 2.8117x + 1.98390.78301.07311.75