Pesticidal Activity of Sundarban Mangrove Plant Extracts against Sitophilus Pests and Identification of Active Constituents Using LC-MS

Table 1

List of collected Sundarban plant species for methanol extraction, their traditional uses, part used, and extraction yields [24]].

Plant name	Family	Local name	Traditional uses	Part used	Extraction yield (%)^∗
Aegiceras corniculatum (L.) blanco	Myrsinaceae	Kholisha	Rheumatism, painful arthritis, inflammation, and fish poison	Bark	13.5
Excoecaria agallocha (L.)	Euphorbiaceae	Geoa	Epilepsy, conjunctivitis, dermatitis, hematuria, leprosy toothache, and fish poison	Bark	7.2
Heritiera fomes (buch.)	Sterculiaceae	Sundari	GIT disorders, hepatic disorders, skin diseases, diabetes, and goiter	Bark	8.9
				Leaf	10.2
Xylocarpus granatum (K. D. Koenig)	Meliaceae	Dhundul	Antibacterial, malaria, inflammation, dysentery, diarrhea, cholera, CNS depressant, and anticancer	Bark	17.1
Xylocarpus moluccensis (lam.) M. Roem.	Meliaceae	Pashur	Fever, inflammation, dysentery, diarrhea, cholera, and abdominal problems	Bark	14.1
				Leaf	4.7
				Fruit	13.3
				Pneumatophore	23.2

Extraction yield (%) = dry weight of methanol extract/dry weight of test plant part) x100.