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Mosquito Larvicidal Activity of Marine Sponge Metabolites

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Relation http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/15042/
https://idosi.org/gjp/6(1)12/1.pdf
 
Title Mosquito Larvicidal Activity of Marine Sponge Metabolites
 
Creator Annie Selva Sonia, G
Lipton, A P
 
Subject Sponges
 
Description The secondary metabolites of five species of marine sponge viz., Acanthella elongata,
Echinodictyum gorgonoides, Axinella donnani, Callyspongia subarmigera and Callyspongia diffusa
collected off Kanyakumari were explored for vector control activity. The extracts were assayed against larvae
of Culex sp, the mosquito vector of filariasis as per the World Health Organization protocols. The test doses
varied from 0.01% to 10.0% for 24h from which LC were determined. Maximum mosquito larvicidal activity 50 was
noted in the methanol extract of Acanthella elongata with the LC50 of 0.066 mg/ml. Axinella donnani was the
least active among the tested sponges. The results of present investigation suggest that A. elongata extract
has the potential for developing novel bioactive larvicidal agent.
 
Date 2012
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format text
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/15042/1/Global%20Journal%20of%20Pharmacology_2012_Lipton%20A%20P.pdf
Annie Selva Sonia, G and Lipton, A P (2012) Mosquito Larvicidal Activity of Marine Sponge Metabolites. Global Journal of Pharmacology, 6 (1). pp. 1-3.