LARVICIDAL EFFICACY OF HYPTIS PECTINATA LEAF EXTRACTS AGAINST AEDES AEGYPTI 4TH INSTAR LARVAE IN NIGERIA
NWASO, B., IKUESAN, A., IZEKOR, E., AJAEGBU, E., BELLO, A., OKOLO, I., BASSEY, N., EZEH, U., DIEKE, A., NWOBODO, C., NDUKA, F. (2024). LARVICIDAL EFFICACY OF HYPTIS PECTINATA LEAF EXTRACTS AGAINST AEDES AEGYPTI 4TH INSTAR LARVAE IN NIGERIA. EKB Journal Management System, 54(3), 491-498. doi: 10.21608/jesp.2024.397265
BLESSING C. NWASO; ADENIRAN J. IKUESAN; ESE S. IZEKOR; EZE E. AJAEGBU; ABDULRASHEED M. BELLO; IJEOMA O. OKOLO; NNYENEIME U. BASSEY; UKACH-UKWU C. EZEH; ADAOBI J. DIEKE; CHINENYE A. NWOBODO; FLORENCE O. NDUKA. "LARVICIDAL EFFICACY OF HYPTIS PECTINATA LEAF EXTRACTS AGAINST AEDES AEGYPTI 4TH INSTAR LARVAE IN NIGERIA". EKB Journal Management System, 54, 3, 2024, 491-498. doi: 10.21608/jesp.2024.397265
NWASO, B., IKUESAN, A., IZEKOR, E., AJAEGBU, E., BELLO, A., OKOLO, I., BASSEY, N., EZEH, U., DIEKE, A., NWOBODO, C., NDUKA, F. (2024). 'LARVICIDAL EFFICACY OF HYPTIS PECTINATA LEAF EXTRACTS AGAINST AEDES AEGYPTI 4TH INSTAR LARVAE IN NIGERIA', EKB Journal Management System, 54(3), pp. 491-498. doi: 10.21608/jesp.2024.397265
NWASO, B., IKUESAN, A., IZEKOR, E., AJAEGBU, E., BELLO, A., OKOLO, I., BASSEY, N., EZEH, U., DIEKE, A., NWOBODO, C., NDUKA, F. LARVICIDAL EFFICACY OF HYPTIS PECTINATA LEAF EXTRACTS AGAINST AEDES AEGYPTI 4TH INSTAR LARVAE IN NIGERIA. EKB Journal Management System, 2024; 54(3): 491-498. doi: 10.21608/jesp.2024.397265

LARVICIDAL EFFICACY OF HYPTIS PECTINATA LEAF EXTRACTS AGAINST AEDES AEGYPTI 4TH INSTAR LARVAE IN NIGERIA

Journal of the Egyptian Society of Parasitology
Volume 54, Issue 3, December 2024, Page 491-498  XML PDF (4.97 MB)
Document Type: Original Article
DOI: 10.21608/jesp.2024.397265
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Authors
BLESSING C. NWASO1; ADENIRAN J. IKUESAN1; ESE S. IZEKOR1; EZE E. AJAEGBU* 2; ABDULRASHEED M. BELLO1; IJEOMA O. OKOLO1; NNYENEIME U. BASSEY1; UKACH-UKWU C. EZEH1; ADAOBI J. DIEKE1; CHINENYE A. NWOBODO1; FLORENCE O. NDUKA1
1Department of Applied Sciences, Federal College of Dental Technology and Therapy, Trans-Ekulu Enugu State, Nigeria
2Department of Pharmaceutical and Medicinal Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, David Umahi Federal University of Health Sciences, Uburu Ebonyi State, Nigeria
Abstract
Yellow fever, Dengue fever, Chikungunya, and Zika virus are risky Aedes aegypti-borne infectious 
diseases among natives and travelers who travel to endemic countries globally. A total of 10g of each 
rigorously weighed dried leaf of Hyptis pectinata and four extracts (hexane, DCM, acetone, &ethanol) 
at concentrations of 125, 250, 500, & 1000ppm were evaluated for larvicidal activities against Ae. ae
gypti 4th instar larvae. 
LC50 mortality increased to 100%, 20%, 60%, & 60% at 500ppm of hexane, DCM, acetone, and eth
anol extract (171, 203, 419 & 449 ppm, respectively), after 24 hours laboratory exposure. This inex
pensive medicinal plant reduced mosquitoes and thus can control their infectious parasitic and viral 
diseases.
Keywords
Aedes aegypti; Hyptis pectinata; extracts; larvicidal; control; mortality
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