Open AccessRepellent Activity of Bark Extracts of Zanthoxylum heitzii Against the Malaria Vector Anopheles gambiae
Author(s) -
Bertin Mikolo
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
hsoa journal of plant science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2639-3743
DOI - 10.24966/pscr-3743/100009
Subject(s) - anopheles gambiae , ethyl acetate , traditional medicine , bark (sound) , zanthoxylum , ethanol , malaria , anopheles , biology , vector (molecular biology) , hexane , chemistry , botany , chromatography , medicine , ecology , biochemistry , gene , immunology , recombinant dna
The objective of this study was to evaluate crude extracts of leaves, bark and seeds of the plant Zanthoxylum heitzii using hexane, ethyl acetate, ethanol, water/ethanol and water solvents, and to evaluate the extracts for repellence to the malaria mosquito, Anopheles gambiae.