Chemical composition and mosquitocidal potential of Gloriosa superba (flame lily) seed extract against the dengue mosquito Aedes aegypti and aquatic mosquito predators
Venkatachalam Ramasamy,
Palanisamy Prakash,
Prabhakaran Vasantha‐Srinivasan
et al.
Abstract:This study investigates the mosquitocidal potential of crude petroleum ether extract fractions derived from Gloriosa superba against the dengue mosquito vector Aedes aegypti. Chemical profiling through gas chromatography identified four major metabolites, with nonadecane showing the highest peak area percentage (70.34%). A lethal dosage of fraction IV of G. superba (Gs‐F4), at a maximum concentration of 5.0 ppm, exhibited high mortality rates in second (78%), third (71%) and fourth (51%) instars of Ae. aegypti… Show more
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