Larvicidal effect of latex from Calotropis gigantea (L.) W.T. Aiton against the mosquito, Culex quinquefasciatus Say (Diptera: Culicidae)
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The milkweed, Calotropis gigantea (L.) W.T. Aiton (Gentianales: Asclepiadaceae) locally known as Akond, is an evergreen, perennial shrub, and is widely distributed in sub-tropical and tropical countries. It has been reported that latices of the milkweeds including C. gigantea contain cardiac glycosides that vary in amount and type between species, between various plant parts of the same species and through time, and other noxious chemical substances including pyrrolizidinic alkaloids (Farrell et al., 1991).
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