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Larvicidal efficacy of Aloe barbadensis and Cannabis sativa against the malaria vector Anopheles stephensi (Diptera: Culicidae)
Author(s) -
MAURYA Prejwltta,
MOHAN Lalit,
SHARMA Preeti,
BATABYAL Lata,
SRIVASTAVA C. N.
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
entomological research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.421
H-Index - 20
eISSN - 1748-5967
pISSN - 1738-2297
DOI - 10.1111/j.1748-5967.2007.00105.x
Subject(s) - anopheles stephensi , larvicide , biology , malaria , botany , vector (molecular biology) , traditional medicine , cannabis sativa , larva , anopheles , aedes aegypti , immunology , medicine , biochemistry , gene , recombinant dna
Anopheles stephensi is the primary vector of malaria, an endemic disease in India. An effort to control An. stephensi larvae by leaf extracts of Aloe barbadensis (Liliaceae) and Cannabis sativa (Moraceae) was made under laboratory conditions. A carbon tetrachloride extract of A. barbadensis was the most effective of all the extracts tested for larvicidal activity against the anopheline larvae, with LC 50 15.58 and 8.04 p.p.m. after 24 and 48 h of exposure, respectively. Thus, the leaf extract of A. barbadensis has active components that could be useful as a larvicide of ecocongenial nature against malaria vectors.