Table 4 Assessment of LC90 values of synthesized silver nanoparticles on Aedes albopictus larvae through log-probit and regression analyses.

From: Diospyros montana mediated reduction, stabilization, and characterization of silver nanoparticles and evaluation of their mosquitocidal potentiality against dengue vector Aedes albopictus

Larval instars

Period of exposure (hour)

LC90

SE

LCL

UCL

Regression equation

R2 value

FIRST

24

1.987

0.621

1.156

6.386

y = 3.506x + 72.04

0.678

48

0.900

0.242

0.526

2.315

y = 2.091x + 84.17

0.483

72

0.3997

0.053

0.301

0.506

y = 0.818x + 94.05

0.288

SECOND

24

2.9910

1.446

1.537

20.507

y = 4.684x + 61.95

0.753

48

1.6873

0.249

1.314

2.340

y = 2.984x + 76.12

0.663

72

0.8721

0.116

0.686

1.157

y = 1.912x + 85.27

0.382

THIRD

24

7.5227

1.237

5.697

10.826

y = 6.572x + 38.87

0.760

48

3.8676

1.390

2.135

15.093

y = 5.047x + 56.99

0.654

72

1.9473

0.276

1.532

2.669

y = 3.393x + 72.34

0.484

FOURTH

24

9.2699

1.473

7.0716

13.154

y = 7.494x + 29.03

0.851

48

5.1974

1.220

3.259

11.867

y = 6.982x + 40.26

0.769

72

3.0254

0.357

2.467

3.919

y = 5.963x + 52.05

0.610

PUPA

24

6.6435

0.808

5.376

8.652

y = 8.132x + 27.08

0.738

48

3.5041

0.363

2.923

4.387

y = 7.526x + 39.59

0.624

72

2.3244

0.226

1.962

2.873

y = 6.667x + 48.63

0.551

  1. LC90 Lethal concentration (to kill 90% of exposed population), SE standard error, LCL Lower control limit, UCL Upper control limit.
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