Table 6 Mean and median survival times of female Anopheles gambiae maintained on 0.04 mg/ml of different samples

From: Toxicity of six plant extracts and two pyridone alkaloids from Ricinus communis against the malaria vector Anopheles gambiae

Diet	Mean ± SE (days)	95% CI LCL-UCL	Median ± SE (days)	95% CI LCL-UCL
Water	5.79 ± 0.07	5.65-5.92	6.00 ± .014	5.72-6.28
Glucose	7.65 ± 0.04	7.58-7.73	.	.
R. communis	4.50 ± 0.05	4.40-4.60	5.00 ± 0.06	4.89-5.11
RCL1	4.93 ± 0.07	4.80-5.06	5.00 ± 0.10	4.81-5.19
Ricinine	4.85 ± 0.07	4.71-4.99	4.00 ± 0.11	3.78-4.22

SE, standard error; CI, 95% confidence interval, LCL- lower confidence limit, UCL- upper confidence limit, RCL1- 3-carboxy-4-methoxy-N-methyl-2-pyridone.

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