Table 3 Larvicidal activity of chitosan encapsulation of thyme oil nanoemulsion against III instar larvae of Anopheles stephensi, Aedes aegypti and Culex tritaeniorhynchus after 24 h and 48 h.

From: Preparation of Thymus vulgaris (L.) essential oil nanoemulsion and its chitosan encapsulation for controlling mosquito vectors

Mosquito sp.

Time (h)

Equation

LC50 (ppm) (LFL-UFL)

LC90 (ppm) (LFL-UFL)

chi square

A. stephensi

24

y = 1.824x + 2.67

18.88 (12.98–27.21)

95.23 (55.48–299.5)

2.51

48

y = 1.97x + 2.887

11.82 (7.65–16.37)

52.87 (34.19–123.8)

3.39

A. aegypti

24

y = 1.737x + 2.35

33.63 (23.29–53.2)

183.8 (97.3–729.2)

1.81

48

y = 1.617x + 2.839

21.66 (14.18–32.65)

134.28 (72.96–493.5)

3.07

C. tritaeniorhynchus

24

y = 2.039x + 1.99

29.8 (19.63–41.13)

126.79 (83.35–278.9)

2.59

48

y = 2.409x + 2.125

15.59 (9.92–21.67)

53.08 (37.7–87.84)

1.5

  1. LFL Lower fiducial limit, UFL Upper fiducial limit.
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