Larvicidal activity of some Curcuma and Kaempferia rhizome extracts against dengue fever mosquito Aedes aegypti Linnaeus (Diptera: Culicidae)

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Md.Sukari, Mohd. Aspollah and Rashid, Nur Yuhasliza and Neoh, Bee Keat and Abu Bakar, Noor Haslizawati and Riyanto, Sugeng and Ee, Gwendoline Cheng Lian (2010) Larvicidal activity of some Curcuma and Kaempferia rhizome extracts against dengue fever mosquito Aedes aegypti Linnaeus (Diptera: Culicidae). Asian Journal of Chemistry, 22 (10). pp. 7915-7919. ISSN 0970-7077; ESSN: 0975-427X

Abstract

Investigations were carried out to test the larvicidal activity of extracts of some Zingiberaceae plants species against the larvae of dengue fever mosquito Aedes aegypti. Fifteen crude extracts from three Curcuma species and two Kaempferia species were used for the test. Most of these plants were toxic to the mosquito larvae and indicated promising activity with LC50 values of less than 90 μg/mL. Among the five plants, hexane extract of Curcuma xanthorrhiza was the most toxic against Aedes aegypti with LC50 value of 26.4 mg/mL. - See more at: http://www.asianjournalofchemistry.co.in/user/journal/viewarticle.aspx?ArticleID=22_10_61#sthash.a5GblrYS.dpuf

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Item Type:	Article
Divisions:	Faculty of Science
Publisher:	Chemic Publishing Company
Keywords:	Larvicidal; Zingiberaceae; Aedes aegypti; Curcuma; Kaempferia
Depositing User:	Nurul Ainie Mokhtar
Date Deposited:	31 Jul 2015 23:53
Last Modified:	21 Oct 2015 04:03
URI:	http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/15422
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