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LANTANA CAMARA: A REVIEW OF ITS ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT AND MEDICINAL POTENTIAL

Aditya Wagh*, Chinmay Kapile Sir, Sakshi Daine, Sakshi Satpute and Prathmesh Wagh

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Lantana camara flowers were tested for their ability to repel Aedes mosquitoes. In coconut oil, lantana flower extract offered 94.5vo protection against Aedes aliopictus and Aedes iegyptt. A protection period of 1.9 hours was averaged. An application of lantana flower extract can offer protection from potential Aedes mosquito bites for up to four hours. Three months following the application, there were no negative impacts on the human subjects. Two insect pests of cowpea, C. maculatus and A. obtectus, and one insect pest of maize, S. zeamais, were used to assess the repellent properties of Lantana camara aqueous extract. The extract had a mean repellency of 39.9% on C. maculatus, indicating a weak repellency, according to the results. Mean repellency for S. zeamais was 33.3%, while A. obstectus was 24.4%. Given that each of the three test insects had a class repellency of 2, the extract did not exhibit exceptional repellent effects against any of them. Other organic solvents should be used to further investigate the extract on the test insects.

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