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. 2021 May 24;9:679116. doi: 10.3389/fchem.2021.679116

TABLE 4.

Acute toxicity of the two essential oils and two chemotypes against fourth instar larvae of Ae. albopictus (ppm).

Sample code Toxicity regression equations 4th instar larvae of Ae. albopictus
LC20 (ppm) a LC50 (ppm) a (95% CI) LC80 (ppm) a
Perfume lemon essential oil y=118.942120.457/(1+(x/384.808)3.173) (R 2 = 0.985) 248.60 384.81 (278.464–437.534) 595.64
Perfume lemon leaves essential oil y=138.471141.968/(1+(x/395.094)1.974) (R 2 = 0.970) 195.73 395.09 (204.929–383.510) 797.52
(R)-(+)-limonene y=105.266108.298/(1+(x/297.369)5.864) (R 2 = 0.975) 237.88 295.28 (255.816–328.304) 364.26
Citronellal y=103.437128.585/(1+(x/240.245)3.219) (R 2 = 0.995) 198.53 267.08 (207.284–345.576) 382.92
Deltamethrin b y=118.440153.112/(1+(x/0.531)1.247) (R 2 = 0.992) 0.175 0.531 (0.055–0.148) 1.615
a

14 serial concentrations were selected to determine LC20, LC50 and LC80 values. Mortality of each examined concentration was performed three replicates, five larvae each well was applied in this high throughput assay.

b

Deltamethrin was treated as positive control.