Mosquito Repellent Activity of Cucumis Melo l. and Cucumis Prophetarum Linn.

Abstract

Abstract
Cucumis melo L. and Cucumis prophetarum Linn. are monoecious climber, commonly growing weed, belonging to family cucurbitaceae. Whole plant of C. melo and C. prophetarum is medicinally important. Plant pacifies vitiated dysentery, diarrhoeic diseases, flatulene, skin diseases, antivenin and general debility. Dispending medicinally uses, our study have been found that this weeds has mosquito repellent activities. To determine repellant activities petroleum ether fruit extract of C. melo and C. prophetarum was used against the larvae of Culex quinquefasciatus. The Larval mortality was observed after 24 h exposure and highest larval mortality was found in petroleum ether fruit extract of C. melo as compare to C. prophetarum.
Keywords: Cucumis melo, cucumis prophetarum, petroleum ether extracts, culex quinquefasciatus, larvicides