Abstract
Mosquitoes are the powerful vectors causing various lethal diseases across the world. Everyone is expecting an alternative better product to the existing mosquito repellent technologies. Herbal mediated vector control is expanding its wide range due to nontoxic and ecofriendly nature. Bioactive compounds present in the plants plays its effective role against mosquitoes. Piper betle L. is an indigenous plant of India found to have potential presence of various bioactive compounds for various biological activities such as alpha-cubebene, 4,7- methanoazulene, Cyclohexane, Benzene, Caryophyllene, 1H-Cyclopropa(a)naphthalene, 2H- 2,4a-Methanonaphthalene, alpha-caryophyllene, 1H-Cycloprop(e) azulene, 1,6-Cyclodecadiene were confirmed by GC MS analysis. The aqueous and ethanolic extract of P . betle L. showed highest antibacterial activity against E. coli, Staphylococcus aureus, Pseudomonous and Klebsiella. In the larvicidal study, the ethanolic extract of P . betle L. showed 100% of mortality compared to aqueous extract against Culex quinquefasciatus . Utilisation of the P . betle L. ethanolic extract in the mosquito will help to reduce the mosquito population.
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