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Pakistan Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences. 2013; 26 (3): 561-566
em Inglês | IMEMR | ID: emr-142617

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Senna alata is locally used in South Eastern Nigeria in the treatment of several infections which include ringworm and other parasitic skin diseases.The larvicidal activities of aqueous and ethanolic leaf and stem extracts of S. alata were evaluated in static bioassays, on fourth instar larvae of Anopheles gambiae, Culex quinquefasciatus and Aedes aegypti, at extract concentrations of 0.15, 0.30, 0.45, 0.60 and 0.75% w/v, for 72 hours. Mortality of larvae exposed to the different extracts increased with increase in extract concentration and time of exposure. This study revealed a differential potency of the extracts used and a difference in susceptibility of larvae to the extracts as evident by the 72hLC[50] values obtained. The leaf extract proved to be more lethal to the larvae than the stem extract as judged by the 72hLC[50] values obtained both for the aqueous as well as the ethanolic extracts assayed. Phytochemical screening of the plant parts investigated revealed the presence of some plant metabolites, which have been reported in separate studies to be lethal to mosquito larvae. Results obtained from this study suggest that the leaf and stem extracts of S. alata possess a promising larvicidal potential which can be exploited in mosquito vector control


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Inseticidas/farmacologia , Larva/efeitos dos fármacos , Anopheles/efeitos dos fármacos , Culex/efeitos dos fármacos , Controle de Mosquitos/métodos , Folhas de Planta/química , Caules de Planta/química , Aedes/efeitos dos fármacos , Plantas Medicinais
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