Table 6 Fecundity and egg hatchability of adult female C. pipiens mosquitoes treated with varying doses of synthetic and crude AuNPs extracts.

From: Eco‑friendly biosynthesis of gold nanoparticles from Amphimedon compressa with antibacterial, antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, anti-biofilm, and insecticidal properties against diseases vectors

Treatments

Concentrations

ppm

Fecundity

Egg-Hatchability (%)

Mean ± SE

Crude extract

Control

150.33 ± 6.48ab

91.07

2.5

148.0 ± 4.36b

84.99

5

125.67 ± 2.33c

78.10

10

93.33 ± 3.48d

62.08

15

61.33 ± 2.4e

38.15

20

30.33 ± 2.9f.

13.33

Statistic summary

DF = 4, F = 153.418, P < 0.01

Nano Extract

Control

140.0 ± 2.88ab

90.51

1

125.33 ± 3.17b

75.24

2

112.67 ± 2.18bc

62.89

4

80.0 ± 2.88d

37.15

8

29.0 ± 2.08e

15.81

16

6.0 ± 1.0f.

0.00

Statistic summary

DF = 4, F = 480.504, P < 0.01

  1. Data were analyzed by one-way ANOVA, followed by Holm Sidak post hoc test and presented as Mean ± SE of three replicates. For each treatment, means followed by different letters differ significantly, P < 0.05
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