Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine
Evaluation of larvicidal activity of Pongamia pinnata extracts against three mosquito vectors
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    Objective: To evaluate the mosquito larvicidal activity of Pongamia pinnata (P. pinnata) extracts against three mosquito vectors. Methods: The methanol and hydroalcohol extracts of bark part of P. pinnata L were tested against fourth instar larvae of Culex quinquefasciatus, Aedes aegypti and Anopheles stephensi. The mortality was observed 24 h and 48 h after treatment, data was subjected to probit analysis to determine lethal concentration (LC50 and LC90) to kill 50 and 90 percent of treated larvae of tested species. Results: The larval mortality was found in both methanol and hydroalcohol extracts of P. pinnata against Culex quinquefasciatus, Aedes aegypti and Anopheles stephensi with LC50 values of 84.8, 118.2 and 151.7 ppm; 97.7, 128.3 and 513 ppm. The highest larval mortality was found in methanol extract of P. pinnata when comparable to the hydroalcohol extract. Conclusions: These results suggest that both methanol and hyrdoalcohol extracts have the potential to be used as an ideal ecofriendly approach for the control of disease vectors. This could lead to isolation of novel natural larvicidal compounds.

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Guna Ranjan Kolli, Balakrishnan, Vijayan, Raja Sundararajan. Evaluation of larvicidal activity of Pongamia pinnata extracts against three mosquito vectors. Asian Pac J Trop Biomed 2013; 3(11): 853-858.

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  • Received:August 23,2013
  • Revised:September 13,2013
  • Adopted:October 20,2013
  • Online: November 28,2013
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