Larvicidal effects of selected medicinal plant extracts against Anopheles arabiensis, Anopheles stephensi, and Aedes aegypti

The n-hexane crude extracts of the tested plants have the potential to be used as bioinsecticides against larvae of An. arabiensis, An. stephensi and Ae. aegypti. Therefore, it is necessary to undertake studies that focus on bioassay-guided isolation, purification and structural elucidation of active compound (s) from the most active n-hexane fractions of the tested plants to develop a product that may complement the current existing vector control tools.