Table 6.

Larvicidal activity of the four individual compounds mostly found from the seven essential oils of Ar. argyi in China against the 4th instar larva of An. sinensis.

Compounds	LC50 (μg/mL)	95% Confidence limits	Toxicity regression equation (y = a + bx)	χ2
eucalyptol	155.55 ± 6.7	127.34–243.40	y = −2.33 + 0.01x	1.58*
β-caryophyllene	134.77 ± 8.9	119.06–171.96	y = −3.27 + 0.02x	1.11*
caryophyllene oxide	39.09 ± 5.2	31.28–45.55	y = −1.55 + 0.04x	1.73*
phytol	16.03 ± 2.6	−12.77–30.76	y = −0.32 + 0.02x	1.79*

*Significant at p < 0.05.