Table 2.
Larvicidal activity of the isolated pyrrolidine alkaloid against the fourth instar larvae of Aedes aegypti, Anopheles sinensis, and Culex pipiens pallens.
| Mosquitoes | Treatment | LC50 (μg/mL) (95% CL) |
LC90 (μg/mL) (95% CL) |
Slope ± SD | χ2 | p |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ae. aegypti | Compound | 232.09 (209.05–254.74) |
293.19 (265.30–321.58) |
12.63 ± 1.43 | 8.69 | 0.0130 * |
| Rotenone | 3.75 (3.39–4.11) |
9.64 (8.64–10.56) |
3.22 ± 0.33 | 18.20 | 0.0001 * | |
| An. sinensis | Compound | 49.91 (45.61–54.51) |
82.31 (74.12–90.46) |
5.90 ± 0.68 | 11.05 | 0.0040 * |
| Rotenone | 0.73 (0.66–0.80) |
1.13 (1.02–1.24) |
4.00 ± 0.51 | 10.55 | 0.0051 * | |
| C. pipiens pallens | Compound | 161.10 (145.37–177.04) |
211.80 (192.01–232.97) |
10.78 ± 1.24 | 9.28 | 0.0097 * |
| Rotenone | 1.88 (1.69–2.01) |
3.74 (3.38–4.09) |
6.90 ± 0.88 | 15.80 | 0.0004 * |
* Values were significant at the p < 0.05 level.