title: Evaluation of some Moroccan medicinal plant extracts for larvicidal activity.
abstract: The larvicidal properties of 16 extracts of four Moroccan medicinal plants: Calotropis procera (Wild.), Cotula cinerea (L.), Solanum sodomaeum (L.) and Solanum elaeagnifolium (CAV.) were tested against Anopheles labranchiae mosquito larvae. Among the extracts tested, nine exhibited high larvicidal activity with LC(50) (24 h) ranging from 28 to 325 ppm.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Medicinal Plants and Phytochemistry, Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences - Semlalia, P.O. Box 2390 40000, Marrakech, Morocco.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Markouk
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Bekkouche
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Larhsini
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bousaid
authors.forename: H B
authors.initials: HB
authors.lastname: Lazrek
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Jana
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000852:Anopheles / Q000187:drug effects*; D007814:Larva / Q000187:drug effects; D007928:Lethal Dose 50; D009018:Morocco; D009032:Mosquito Control; D010572:Pest Control, Biological; D010936:Plant Extracts / Q000633:toxicity*; D010946:Plants, Medicinal
chemical_list: D010936:Plant Extracts