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Research Article

Note: Repellency of Marine Plant Extracts against the MosquitoAedes aegypti

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Pages 321-323 | Accepted 03 Feb 1992, Published online: 27 Sep 2008
 

Abstract

Four seaweeds (Caulerpa peltata, C. racemosa, C. scalpelliformis and Diclyota dichotoma) And eleven mangrove plant samples (the leaves of Avicennia marina, A. officinalis, Excoecaria agallocha, Lumnitzera racemosa, Rhizophora apiculata, R. lamarckii, R. mucronata, Salicornia brachiata, Sonneratia apetala, Xylocarpus granatum And the stilt root of Rhizophora apiculata) were extracted in acetone And tested on human skin for repellent activity against the biting of Aedes aegypti. The stilt root of Rhizophora apiculata was found most effective And gave protection for 70 minutes at a dose of 1 mg dry plant extract per cm2 of skin.

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