Table 2 Larvicidal activity of the different leaf extract of Persea americana against Aedes aegypti.

From: Synergistic potency and GC-MS analysis of Persea americana extracts against Aedes aegypti

Extracts

Conc

(ppm)

% Mortality

(Mean ± SD)

LC50 (UCL–LCL)

(ppm)

LC90 (UCL–LCL)

(ppm)

Slope ± SE

χ2

CMPL

125

90 ± 1a

22.548

–

96.436

–

2.031 ± 1.574

0.606

250

100 ± 0b

500

100 ± 0b

1000

100 ± 0b

F-value

300***

CHPL

125

50 ± 1a

146.157

–

1835.364

–

1.166 ± 0.412

3.857

250

60 ± 2b

500

60 ± 1b

1000

90 ± 2c

F-value

900***

CEPL

125

99 ± 1a

14.606

–

46.517

–

2.547 ± 6.384

0.027

250

100 ± 0a

500

100 ± 0a

1000

100 ± 0a

F-value

3.00NS

CAPL

125

10 ± 1a

441.181

(320.246–648.623)

1974.067

(1129.590–7160.518)

1.969 ± 0.428

0.619

250

30 ± 1b

500

60 ± 1c

1000

70 ± 1d

F-value

2275***

  1. Means within a product followed by the same letter do not differ significantly at p = 0.05 (Student−Newman−Keuls’s test); *p <0.05; LC50 and LC90: Lethal concentrations able to kill 50 and 90% of larvae, respectively; ppm Parts per million, LCL Lower confidence limit, UCL Upper confidence limit; (–): No confidence limit estimated; χ2: Chi−square; Number of replicates: 4.
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