Acaricidal Bioefficacy of Calotropisprocera (Asclepiadaceae) of Middle Gangetic Region against Cattle Tick, Rhipicephalusmicroplus and Their Gc-Ms Analysis

Abstract

Pharmaceutic plants are used by classical and veterinarians as an alternate to the traditional drug to cure an extensive variety of irregularity along parasitic illnesses. A few compounds from these plants exhibit acaricidal action and also resist arthropods. The livestock tick Rhipicephalus microplus is one of the most disturbing pests to cattle breeding in tropical and subtropical regions of the world. The ability to obtain herbal acaricides to regulate R. microplus is crucial in retaining cattle flock fertility, decreasing financial damages, and reducing the misuse of artificial chemical acaricides. Extracts derived from Calotropis procera were calculated for acaricidal activity across R. microplus. The botanicals are considered an important source of promising bioactive compounds and the target plant is known to have biochemical constituents with potential medicinal properties. Thus, the present study was aimed to calculate the phytochemical properties of raw methanolic distillation and their fractions of C. procera. Hexane, ethyl acetate, chloroform, and aqueous fractions of the plant possess alkaloids, flavonoids, and saponins which were analyzed using Gas chromatography-Mass spectrometry (GC-MS) and exhibit remarkable acaricidal activity.