Secondary Metabolite Profile, Antioxidant Capacity, and Mosquito Repellent Activity of Bixa orellana from Brazilian Amazon Region

Table 3

Percentage of protection against mosquitoes (A. aegypti) in relation to the dose of the different B. orellana seed extracts (DW).

Extraction solvent	Concentration; (mg/mL)	Protection; (%)	SD; (±)
Hexane	18.2	75%	16
	35.6	85%	18
	113.8	90%	18
EtOH	18.2	22%	13
	35.6	45%	14
	113.8	60%	16
EtOH/H2O (50 : 50 v/v)	18.2	23%	3
	35.6	50%	10
	113.8	73%	13

Data expressed as mean ± standard deviation (𝑛=3).