Screening of Termiticidal Activities Different Extracts of Stem Bark of <i>Prunus africana against Macrotermes spp.</i>

Desta Dirbeba

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Screening of Termiticidal Activities Different Extracts of Stem Bark of Prunus africana against Macrotermes spp.

Desta Dirbeba

Published in American Journal of Applied Chemistry (Volume 6, Issue 1)

Received: 18 December 2017 Accepted: 10 January 2018 Published: 26 January 2018

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Abstract

Prunus africana is renowned for its durability which can be attributable to the presence of wood extractives that are poisonous to degrading organisms such termites and fungi. The present study was thus undertaken to examine the potential termiticidal activity of different extracts of stem bark of Prunus africana against Macrotermes spp. The bark was extracted using different solvents (petroleum ether, diethyl ether and chloroform) and each extract was tested at seven different concentrations (0.156, 0.313, 0.625, 1.250, 2.500, 5.00 and 10.00 mg/mL). The results revealed that the diethyl ether extract is potent termiticide against the termites with lethal concentration of 0.22mg/mL within 5 minutes.

Published in	American Journal of Applied Chemistry (Volume 6, Issue 1)
DOI	10.11648/j.ajac.20180601.15
Page(s)	35-38
Creative Commons	This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, provided the original work is properly cited.
Copyright	Copyright © The Author(s), 2018. Published by Science Publishing Group

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Prunus africana, Macrotermes, Termiticidal Activity

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Desta Dirbeba. Screening of Termiticidal Activities Different Extracts of Stem Bark of Prunus africana against Macrotermes spp.. Am. J. Appl. Chem. 2018, 6(1), 35-38. doi: 10.11648/j.ajac.20180601.15

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Desta Dirbeba. Screening of Termiticidal Activities Different Extracts of Stem Bark of Prunus africana against Macrotermes spp.. Am J Appl Chem. 2018;6(1):35-38. doi: 10.11648/j.ajac.20180601.15

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School of Natural and Computational Science, Dire Dawa University, Dire Dawa, Ethiopia

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Desta Dirbeba. Screening of Termiticidal Activities Different Extracts of Stem Bark of Prunus africana against Macrotermes spp.. Am J Appl Chem. 2018;6(1):35-38. doi: 10.11648/j.ajac.20180601.15

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