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Table 2 Comparison of physicochemical parameters of ethanolic leaf extracts of r. communis, a. sativum and c. citratus

From: Comparative study on larvicidal potentials of Cymbopogon citratus stapf, Ricinus communis L. and Allium sativum L. on fourth instar larvae of Anopheles mosquitoes

Plant

Day

Parameters (Mean ± Standard deviation)

Temperature

pH

Dissolved Oxygen

Total Dissolved Solids

Conductivity

R. communisis

1

28.08 ± 0.098

8.68 ± 0.04

3.12 ± 0.49

360.00 ± 4.94

743.50 ± 14.22

2

26.80 ± 0.09

8.28 ± 0.075

2.58 ± 0.61

369.83 ± 13.31

759.67 ± 17.87

3

27.17 ± 0.08

7.47 ± 0.44

2.38 ± 0.58

374.00 ± 19.09

787.83 ± 10.65

4

26.25 ± 0.06

6.42 ± 0.26

2.22 ± 0.51

377.50 ± 26.74

785.33 ± 20.70

A. sativum

1

28.20 ± 0.09

8.63 ± 0.05

3.62 ± 0.46

371.50 ± 20.80

753.17 ± 24.05

2

26.95 ± 0.06

8.15 ± 0.14

2.75 ± 0.73

375.83 ± 25.31

786.83 ± 29.87

3

27.35 ± 0.06

7.60 ± 0.28

2.27 ± 0.61

379.00 ± 35.66

821.50 ± 34.58

4

26.45 ± 0.08

6.32 ± 0.32

2.08 ± 0.61

386.17 ± 38.11

874.17 ± 40.43

C. citratus

1

28.12 ± 0.08

8.27 ± 0.12

2.90 ± 0.59

392.33 ± 11.89

733.17 ± 34.68

2

26.90 ± 0.09

8.13 ± 0.14

2.65 ± 0.60

394.17 ± 16.63

763.50 ± 21.29

3

27.47 ± 0.05

7.25 ± 0.26

2.50 ± 0.58

406.67 ± 20.89

791.50 ± 16.89

4

26.45 ± 0.06

6.37 ± 0.26

2.35 ± 0.84

420.17 ± 32.99

838.67 ± 34.43