Mechanistic basis for morphological damage induced by essential oil from Brazilian pepper tree, Schinus terebinthifolia, on larvae of Stegomyia aegypti, the dengue vector

Table 2 Mortality of larvae of Stegomyia aegypti (Linnaeus, 1792) after exposure to a concentration gradient of the essential oil of ripe fruits and seeds of Schinus terebinthifolia Raddi

Essential oil (ppm)	Larval mortality (% Mean ± standard error)
Essential oil (ppm)	24 h	48 h	72 h
Blank	0.00 ± 0.00	0.00 ± 4.00	0.00 ± 4.00
86.22	0.00 ± 0.00	2.00 ± 2.00	4.00 ± 2.45
172.44	42.00 ± 22.00	48.00 ± 19.85	52.00 ± 18.00
258.66	26.00 ± 19.39	32.00 ± 17.45	32.00 ± 22.00
344.88	24.00 ± 12.08	38.00 ± 14.97	42.00 ± 18.85
431.10	74.00 ± 14.00	82.00 ± 9.17	88.00 ± 8.00
517.32	60.00 ± 24.49	64.00 ± 22.27	64.00 ± 22.27
603.54	60.00 ± 24.49	62.00 ± 23.32	64.00 ± 22.27
689.76	62.00 ± 23.32	64.00 ± 22.27	68.00 ± 19.85
775.98	80.00 ± 20.00	80.00 ± 20.00	82.00 ± 18.00
862.20	100.00 ± 0.00	100.00 ± 0.00	100.00 ± 0.00

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