Research Article

Chemical Constituents and Combined Larvicidal Effects of Selected Essential Oils against Anopheles cracens (Diptera: Culicidae)

Table 3

Larvicidal activity of plant-derived essential oils against the 4th instar larvae of A. cracens.

Concentration of plant oil (ppm)% Mortality (mean ± SE)Larvicidal activity (95% CI, ppm)Slope values ± SE
LC50LC95LC99

Piper sarmentosum
 12.79.25 ± 3.3016.03 (15.51–16.54)20.64 (20.01–21.86)22.91 (22.12–24.66)14.9920 ± 0.5669
 14.623.50 ± 1.29
 16.453.75 ± 5.44
 18.279.50 ± 2.65
 20.094.50 ± 3.11
Foeniculum vulgare
 22.36.50 ± 1.7332.77 (31.44–34.11)46.56 (44.84–49.83)53.86 (51.67–58.61)10.7846 ± 0.3708
 26.712.00 ± 4.08
 31.241.00 ± 11.83
 35.664.75 ± 6.65
 40.182.00 ± 3.74
 44.594.25 ± 4.99
Curcuma longa
 20.312.50 ± 2.0833.61 (29.43–39.15)56.49 (59.66–82.13)70.04 (79.34–112.48)7.2941 ± 0.2698
 24.317.50 ± 3.00
 28.423.50 ± 2.65
 32.431.00 ± 4.40
 36.547.25 ± 5.44
 40.583.75 ± 0.96
 44.690.50 ± 1.29
Myristica fragrans
 28.810.00 ± 1.1540.00 (37.33–43.32)56.56 (55.76–67.70)65.28 (65.35–81.90)10.9335 ± 0.4652
 33.617.75 ± 2.50
 38.434.75 ± 4.19
 43.263.75 ± 3.86
 48.085.75 ± 3.09
Zanthoxylum piperitum
 51.811.75 ± 1.7163.17 (61.90–64.50)85.01 (82.59–89.33)96.13 (92.67–102.67)12.7574 ± 0.5292
 55.529.50 ± 5.26
 59.235.25 ± 9.22
 62.943.50 ± 2.08
 66.661.00 ± 4.32
 70.373.50 ± 2.08
 74.083.00 ± 3.77