World Journal of
Pharmaceutical and Life Sciences

STUDIES ON MOSQUITOCIDAL ACTIVITY OF FICUS RACEMOSA L. EXTRACTS

M. Baranitharan*, S. Dhanasekaran, A. Jeyasankar, S. Arivoli, J. Gokulakrishnan

ABSTRACT

Mosquitocidal activity of family Moraceae plant, Ficus racemosa was tested against Ae. aegypti mosquito. The LC50 and LC90 values of F. racemosa methanol extract against A. aegypti were 64.76 and 130.48 ppm, severally. The ovicidal activity of F. racemosa exerted 100 percent mortality at 120, 160 and 200 ppm against A. aegypti and for repellency activity was definite against A. aegypti species at three concentration viz., 1.0, 2.0 and 3.0 mg/cm2 underneath the laboratory conditions. The wood spirit extract of F. racemosa establish to additional repellent than the extra extracts. A better concentration of 3.0 mg/cm2 provided 100 percent protection up to 160 and two hundred minutes, severally. The result clearly shows that larvicidal ovicidal and repellent activity was dose dependent. From the results it is often all over the crude oil ether extract of F. racemosa was an impressive potential for dominant the vector mosquito A. aegypti.

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