Abstract:Blighia sapida (Sapindaceae) is commonly known as Ackee and in the South West Nigeria it is called Isin. The wood is resistant to termites and the pounded fruit and the stem bark is used as fish poison. The methanol extract of the stem bark reported to be active against the fourth instar larvae of Aedes aegypti was suspended in water and partitioned into n-hexane, dichloromethane and ethyl acetate. The most active n-hexane fraction with activity that was statistically insignificant to that of the methanolic ex… Show more
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