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Table 1 Acaricidal activities of Piper nigrum crude extracts at 50 mg/mL

From: Larvicidal activity of the black pepper, Piper nigrum (Fam: Piperaceae) extracts on the cattle tick, Rhipicephalus australis (Acari: Ixodidae)

Plant parts extracts

Solvent

Mortality (%)

LC50 (%)

LC90 (%)

LC99 (%)

Slope

Chi-square

Heterogeneity

Stems

EtOAc

100

0.034 [0.033–0.036]

0.048 [0.045–0.052]

0.064 [0.058–0.071]

8.65 ± 0.39

20.48

1.71

 

MeOH

100

0.411 [0.400–0.422]

0.545 [0.527–0.567]

0.686 [0.655–0.724]

10.45 ± 0.41

4.94

0.55

Fruits (Mature)

EtOH

100

0.250 [0.240–0.260]

0.325 [0.310–0.343]

0.402 [0.377–0.435]

11.26 ± 0.66

0.77

0.08

Fruits (Green)

EtOH

100

0.153 [0.147–0.160]

0.212 [0.201–0.228]

0.277 [0.255–0.307]

9.07 ± 0.62

3.22

0.32

Leaves

EtOAc

19

  1. Values in square brackets correspond to the confidence interval