Showing papers on "Excoecaria agallocha published in 1993"
01 Oct 1993
TL;DR: The stilt root of Rhizophora apiculata was found most effective and gave protection against the biting of Aedes aegypti for 70 minutes at a dose of 1 mg dry plant extract per cm2 of skin.
Abstract: Four seaweeds (Caulerpa peltata, C. racemosa, C. scalpelliformis and Diclyota dichotoma) And eleven mangrove plant samples (the leaves of Avicennia marina, A. officinalis, Excoecaria agallocha, Lumnitzera racemosa, Rhizophora apiculata, R. lamarckii, R. mucronata, Salicornia brachiata, Sonneratia apetala, Xylocarpus granatum And the stilt root of Rhizophora apiculata) were extracted in acetone And tested on human skin for repellent activity against the biting of Aedes aegypti. The stilt root of Rhizophora apiculata was found most effective And gave protection for 70 minutes at a dose of 1 mg dry plant extract per cm2 of skin.
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