Larvicidal efficacy of Aloe barbadensis and Cannabis sativa against the malaria vector Anopheles stephensi (Diptera: Culicidae) |
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Authors: | Prejwltta MAURYA Lalit MOHAN Preeti SHARMA Lata BATABYAL C N SRIVASTAVA |
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Institution: | Applied Entomology and Vector Control Laboratory, Department of Zoology, Dayalbagh Educational Institute (Deemed University), Dayalbagh, Agra, India |
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Abstract: | Anopheles stephensi is the primary vector of malaria, an endemic disease in India. An effort to control An. stephensi larvae by leaf extracts of Aloe barbadensis (Liliaceae) and Cannabis sativa (Moraceae) was made under laboratory conditions. A carbon tetrachloride extract of A. barbadensis was the most effective of all the extracts tested for larvicidal activity against the anopheline larvae, with LC50 15.58 and 8.04 p.p.m. after 24 and 48 h of exposure, respectively. Thus, the leaf extract of A. barbadensis has active components that could be useful as a larvicide of ecocongenial nature against malaria vectors. |
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Keywords: | Aloe Anopheles Cannabis larvicidal activity malaria phytoextract |
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