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Table 1 Larvicidal toxicity of synthesized (AgNPs) against field and laboratory strains of Anopheles gambiae

From: Larvicidal potential of two silver nano-particles (Moringa oleifera and Ficus exasperata) against laboratory and field strains of Anopheles gambiae (Diptera: Culicidae) in Lagos, Nigeria

Extract+AgNP

24 h

48 h

LC 50 (95%C.L.)

LC 50 (95%C.L.)

Slope ± SE

LC 50 (95%C.L.)

LC95 (95%C.L.)

Slope ± SE

Moringa+AgNP(LS)

0.39 (0.30–0.45)

0.62 (0.50–1.00)

3.26 ± 0.27

0.34 (0.32–0.36)

0.52 (0.48–0.58)

4.23 ± 0.3

Moringa+AgNP(FS

0.65 (0.40–1.01)

2.28 (1.33–15.37)

0.56 ± 0.08

0.62 (0.43–0.87)

1.93 (1.23–7.07)

0.69 ± 0.08

χ2 (P value)

15.0(0.24)

 

10.04(0.27)

 

Ficus+AgNP (LS)

0.51 (0.09–0.99)

1.15 (0.71–2.61)

1.36 ± 0.12

0.45 (0.18–0.75)

0.82 (0.56–19.61)

2.21 ± 0.18

Ficus+AgNP (FS)

1.51 (1.01–3.53)

391.64 (47.89–500.29)

− 0.12 ± 0.60

0.49 (0.13–0.83)

8.58 (2.79–8.99)

0.41 ± 0.07

χ2 (P value)

20.0 (0.22)

 

6.67 (0.35)

 
  1. P is significant at P < 0.05
  2. LS laboratory strain, FS field strain
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