Abstract
The acaricidal activity of the petroleum ether extract, the chloroform extract and the acetic ether extract of neem ( Azadirachta indica) oil against Sarcoptes scabiei var. cuniculi larvae was tested in vitro. A complementary log–log (CLL) model was used to analyze the data of the toxicity tests. The results showed that at all test time points, the petroleum ether extract demonstrated the highest activity against the larvae of S. scabiei var. cuniculi, while the activities of the chloroform extract and the acetic ether extract were similar. The activities of both the petroleum ether extract and the chloroform extract against the larvae showed the relation of time and concentration dependent. The median lethal concentration (LC 50) of the petroleum ether extract (1.3 μL/mL) was about three times that of the chloroform extract (4.1 μL/mL) at 24 h post-treatment. At the concentrations of 500.0 μL/mL, the median lethal time (LT 50) of the petroleum ether extract and the chloroform extract was 8.4 and 9.6 h, respectively.
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