Annona Squamosa

Annona Squamosa 

The Acute Toxicity Test Hexane Extract  of Annona squamosa Againts  Larvae Aedes aegypti 

Abstract

Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever (DHF) is an infectious disease cause by Dengue virus through mosquito Aedes aegypti with rapid spread and it can cause death. The effort to suppress cases in the comunity using chemical larvicidal have an adverse effect, therefore it is necessary to find alternative such botanical larvicidal. Annona squamosa is one of the potential plants as a botanical larvicidal. The aim of this research is to know the toxicity hexane extract of Annona squamosa seed againts larvae Aedes aegypti within 24 hours. The design of this research is experimental include preliminary test and final test. Final test is done with three times repetition which each consentration contain 20 larvae. Analysis of research result using Probit regression analysis obtained LC50 0,042% and LC90 0,101%

Keywords   :  Toxicity Test, Squamosa Annona ,  Aegypti Aedes