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<Journal>
<Journal-Info>
<name>International Journal of Pharma and Bio Sciences</name>
<website>ijpbs.net</website>
<email>editorijpbs@rediffmail.com (or) editorofijpbs@yahoo.com (or) prasmol@rediffmail.com</email>
</Journal-Info>
<article>
<article-id pub-id-type='other'>10.22376/ijpbs.2019.10.1.p1-12</article-id>
<issue_number>Volume 9 Issue 1</issue_number>
<issue_period>2018 (January-March)</issue_period>
<title><b>The effect of <i>cosmos caudatus</i> kunth leaves on the mortality of <i>aedes aegypti</i> mosquitoes: A preliminary study</b></title>
<abstract>Dengue fever, one of the dangerous diseases in Indonesia, is transmitted by  lessThan i greaterThan Aedes aegypti lessThan /i greaterThan  mosquitoes as the main vector. Prevention of infectious diseases which are spread by particular vectors is possible only if the vectors are controlled. One of the vector control methods is using chemical substances. However, eradication of dengue fever using chemical substance has negative impacts. Hence, natural insecticide was introduced as vector control management option.  lessThan i greaterThan Cosmos caudatus  lessThan /i greaterThan Kunth has a great potential as natural insecticide which contains saponin and essential oil. Saponin functions as a contact poison and gastric poison, whilst essential oil is toxic for insect respiratory system which leads to mortality. The aim of this research was to evaluate the effect of boiled  lessThan i greaterThan Cosmos caudatus lessThan /i greaterThan  Kunth leaves on  lessThan i greaterThan Aedes aegypti lessThan /i greaterThan  mosquitoes mortality. Study design was quasi experimental with sample of 480 (four hundred and eighty)  lessThan i greaterThan Aedes aegypti lessThan /i greaterThan  mosquitoes, which were collected and analyzed at Entomology and Parasitology Laboratory, Environmental Health, Health Polytechnic Jakarta II Indonesia, in May 2016. Dependent variable was the number of  lessThan i greaterThan Aedes aegypti lessThan /i greaterThan  mosquitoes mortality and independent variable was boiled  lessThan i greaterThan Cosmos caudatus lessThan /i greaterThan  Kunth leaves. The result of the research was that the solution with 60% concentration level of boiled  lessThan i greaterThan Cosmos caudatus lessThan /i greaterThan  Kunth leaves could kill one (1) mosquito, which is five percent (5%) of the total number of mosquitoes being tested. Whereas, the solution with 100% concentration level (undiluted) resulted in four (4) mortality or, in other words, twenty percent (20%) of the total number of mosquitoes which were tested. Effectiveness of boiled  lessThan i greaterThan Cosmos caudatus lessThan /i greaterThan  Kunth leaves in eradicating insect was found low. Hence, an active ingredients acquisition technique such as extraction of  lessThan i greaterThan Cosmos caudatus lessThan /i greaterThan  Kunth leaves is needed for further research. </abstract>
<authors>TJIPTO RINI</authors>
<keywords>Cosmos caudatus Kunth leaves, Aedes aegypti mosquitoes, dengue fever.</keywords>
<pages>116-119</pages>
</article>
</Journal>
