Table 3 Ovicidal activity of sardine fish scales extract against the malarial vector Anopheles stephensi.

From: Efficacy and side effects of bio-fabricated sardine fish scale silver nanoparticles against malarial vector Anopheles stephensi

Treatment

Egg hatchability (%)

Concentration (ppm)

Control

50 ppm

75 ppm

100 ppm

125 ppm

150 ppm

Regression equation

χ2 (d.f. = 4)

Sardine fish scales extract

80.4 ± 1.34a

63.8 ± 1.48b

52.0 ± 1.87c

33.4 ± 1.14d

25.2 ± 0.83e

NH

y = 1.469 + 0.020x

14.87

 

Control

10 ppm

20 ppm

30 ppm

40 ppm

50 ppm

  

Sardine fish scale extract-AgNPs

92.4 ± 0.54a

53.2 ± 1.09b

41.8 ± 1.30c

23.4 ± 0.89d

NH

NH

y = 0.940 + 0.066x

15.50

  1. NH-No hatchability (100% mortality).
  2. Means followed by the same letter are not significantly different (P < 0.05).
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