Table 6.
Effect of binary mixtures of individual compounds on the mortality against Culex quinquefasciatus larvae.
| Compounds | Larval Mortality (%) | x2 | Effect | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pure Compounds | Binary Mixtures | ||||||
| Compound A | Compound B | Observed A | Observed B | Expected | Observed | ||
| t-anethole | carvacrol | 13.2 | 27.8 | 35.6 | 86.4 | 72.5 | Synergistic |
| t-anethole | cinnamaldehyde | 13.2 | 8.3 | 18.7 | 71.1 | 147.3 | Synergistic |
| t-anethole | p-cymene | 13.2 | 3.2 | 14.2 | 87.6 | 378.1 | Synergistic |
| t-anethole | eugenol | 13.2 | 8.1 | 18.5 | 56.5 | 78.2 | Synergistic |
| t-anethole | (-)-limonene | 13.2 | 6.2 | 16.8 | 98.3 | 394.1 | Synergistic |
| t-anethole | myrcene | 13.2 | 3.3 | 14.3 | 62.7 | 163.4 | Synergistic |
| t-anethole | β-pinene | 13.2 | 5.3 | 16.1 | 15.4 | 0.0 | No effect |
| t-anethole | thymol | 13.2 | 12.6 | 22.4 | 74.7 | 122.2 | Synergistic |
| (-)-limonene | carvacrol | 6.2 | 27.8 | 31.9 | 57.4 | 20.4 | Synergistic |
| (-)-limonene | cinnamaldehyde | 6.2 | 8.3 | 13.6 | 42.7 | 62.3 | Synergistic |
| (-)-limonene | p-cymene | 6.2 | 3.2 | 8.8 | 41.2 | 118.9 | Synergistic |
| (-)-limonene | eugenol | 6.2 | 8.1 | 13.4 | 49.5 | 97.1 | Synergistic |
| (-)-limonene | myrcene | 6.2 | 3.3 | 8.9 | 31.8 | 58.8 | Synergistic |
| (-)-limonene | β-pinene | 6.2 | 5.3 | 10.8 | 2.1 | 7.0 | Antagonistic |
| (-)-limonene | thymol | 6.2 | 12.6 | 17.6 | 16.3 | 0.1 | No effect |
| carvacrol | cinnamaldehyde | 27.8 | 8.3 | 26.1 | 38.1 | 5.6 | Synergistic |
| carvacrol | p-cymene | 27.8 | 3.2 | 22.4 | 28.5 | 1.7 | No effect |
| carvacrol | eugenol | 27.8 | 8.1 | 25.9 | 81.3 | 118.3 | Synergistic |
| carvacrol | myrcene | 27.8 | 3.3 | 22.5 | 85.5 | 177.0 | Synergistic |
| carvacrol | β-pinene | 27.8 | 5.3 | 23.9 | 61.2 | 58.2 | Synergistic |
| carvacrol | thymol | 27.8 | 8.3 | 26.1 | 72.6 | 83.1 | Synergistic |
| thymol | cinnamaldehyde | 12.6 | 8.3 | 18.3 | 49.7 | 54.1 | Synergistic |
| thymol | p-cymene | 12.6 | 3.2 | 13.8 | 14.4 | 0.0 | No effect |
| thymol | eugenol | 12.6 | 8.1 | 18.1 | 67.8 | 136.6 | Synergistic |
| thymol | myrcene | 12.6 | 3.3 | 13.9 | 81.6 | 329.8 | Synergistic |
| thymol | β-pinene | 12.6 | 5.3 | 15.6 | 15.1 | 0.0 | No effect |