. 2013 Jul 12;39(2):298–302. doi: 10.1007/s12639-013-0311-8

Table 3.

Toxicity of the petroleum ether extract (free of solvent) of leaf, seed, root and root bark against the larvae of Amblyomma variegatum

Plant material, amount of extract put	Total number of larvae died after 1/2 h interval of time with % mortality
Plant material, amount of extract put	1.5 h	2 h	2.5 h	3 h
Leaf (1 ml)	0	0	0	0
Leaf (1 ml)	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %
Seed (1 ml)	14.8	15
Seed (1 ml)	99 %	100 %
Root (1 ml)	11.8	14.8	15
Root (1 ml)	79 %	99 %	100 %
Root bark (1 ml)	11.0	13.3	14.8	15
Root bark (1 ml)	73 %	89 %	99 %	100 %
Water (control, 1 ml)	0	0	0	0
Water (control, 1 ml)	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %

15 Larvae were used in each replicate. Values are given as mean of 4 replicates