Skip to main content

Table 8 LC 50 , LC 99 and diagnostic concentration for all essential oils tested

From: Chemical composition and insecticidal activity of plant essential oils from Benin against Anopheles gambiae (Giles)

Essential oils

LC50a

LC99a

Diagnostic concentration

Diagnostic concentration

Diagnostic concentration

%

%

%

mg/ml

mg/cm2

Cymbopogon citratus

0.237

0.386

0.77

7.7

0.085

Cymbopogon giganteus

1.600

3.682

7.36

73.6

0.82

Cymbopogon schoenanthus

1.570

2.739

5.48

54.8

0.60

Eucalyptus citriodora

0.900

1.685

3.37

33.7

0.37

Eucalyptus tereticornis

0.148

1.401

2.80

28.0

0.31

Cochlospermum tinctorium

1.16

5.781

11.56

115.6

1.28

Cochlospermum planchonii

2.314

7.608

15.22

152.2

1.69

Securidaca longepedunculata

2.489

4.919

9.84

98.4

1.09

Chenopodium ambrosioides

0.997

2.131

4.26

42.6

0.47

  1. LC50: lethal concentration for 50% mortality; LC99: lethal concentration for 99% mortality.
  2. aThe lethal doses (LC50 and LC95) values were expressed with 95% confidence limits.