Open AccessBIOINSECTICIDE AGAINST AEDES AEGYPTI MOSQUITOES DERIVED FROM LEMONGRASS (CYMBOPOGON CITRATUS) LEAVES ETHANOL EXTRACT
Author(s) -
Jennifer Wiranatha,
Robby Makimian,
Rita Marleta Dewi
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
damianus journal of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2656-4971
pISSN - 2086-4256
DOI - 10.25170/djm.v20i1.1222
Subject(s) - cymbopogon citratus , aedes aegypti , dengue fever , traditional medicine , biology , yellow fever , significant difference , toxicology , population , veterinary medicine , medicine , food science , botany , essential oil , virology , larva , virus , environmental health
Dengue hemorrhagic fever is one of the most common infectious diseases in Indonesia. The vector of this disease is Aedes aegypti (Ae. aegypti). Dengue hemorrhagic fever can be controlled by a few measures, one of them is using insecticide. However, frequent use of chemical insecticide could lead to resistance and is harmful to non-target organisms. One of the solutions for this problem is the use of bioinsecticide derived from lemongrass (Cymbopogon citratus or C. citratus) leaves extract.
Methods: The design of this study is true experimental post-test only control group. The population used are adult Ae. aegypti mosquitoes. For each experiment, 10 mosquitoes are required and given the extract of C. citratus in 2%, 10%, and 20% concentrations, and negative control respectively.The lethal effect of the extract is observed in 10, 30, 60 minutes and 6, 12, 18, 24 hours.
Results: There is a significant difference in the lethal effect of Ae. aegypti mosquitoes with variations in duration of exposure to the C. citratus leaves extract (p = 0.007), but no significant difference with variations in extract concentration given (p = 0.281).
Conclusion: C. citratus leaves extract has bioinsecticidal effect on Ae. aegypti mosquitoes. The optimal result of mosquito mortality is achieved by using the extract in 20% concentration with duration of 12 hours.