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Rauvolfia Serpentina and Peperomia Pellucida as antiparasitic spray against Rhipicephalus Sanguineus Latreille

Mahmooda Aziza Bhatti, Mutahir Saeed, Marites Hugo & Jerico Guevarra
Volume 3 Issue 2, June 2023

Rauwolfia serpentina (serpentina) and peperomia pellucida (pansit-pansitan) were used as the raw materials for creating different mixtures to determine which concentration is faster in exterminating Rhipicephalus sanguineus latrille (common ticks). The process used was decoction, the harvested extract was used for the creation of the spray mixtures. The process used three different preparations of mixture concentration with variants concentration ratio of serpentina/pansit-pansitan as: mixture 1 with 50%/50%; mixture 2 with 75%/25%, and mixture 3 with 25%/75%. The study recorded the testing times in exterminating the ticks as: mixture 1 had the results in 1.5 hours (sprayed once), 1.33 hours (sprayed twice), and 1.25 hours (sprayed thrice); mixture 2 had the results in 3.5 hours (sprayed once), 3.42 hours (sprayed twice), and 3.33 hours (sprayed thrice); and mixture 3 had the results in 1.5 hours (sprayed once), 1.42 hours (sprayed twice), and 1.33 hours (sprayed thrice). The experiment showed that mixture 1 and mixture 3 almost had the same results, if not for a few second differences, mixture 1 was always faster than mixture 3, while mixture 2 was left behind for a few hours. Therefore, mixture 1 is the best concentration to exterminate the ticks in a controlled environment.

Serpentina, Pansit-Pansitan, ticks, antiparasitic

This paper is a finalist in the International Research Competition 2022 Category 1 – High School.

Mahmooda Aziza Bhatti. Corresponding author. An alumna of City of San Jose del Monte National Science High School and currently taking up Bachelor of secondary Education Major in English Minor in Mandarin at Bulacan State University. Corresponding email: azizahbhatti@gmail.com
Mutahir Saeed. Graduate of Biology, Naturopathy Health Science, and Alternative Medicine. Worked as an Associate Researcher under the Department of Health on Herbal and Natural Medicine.
Marites Hugo. Teacher 3 at City of San Jose del Monte National Science High School and Junior High School department coordinator. Currently pursuing her Masters degree in Educational Managaement at Polytechinic University of the Philippines.
Jerico Guevarra. Special Science Teacher I at City of San Jose del Monte National Science School and currently the Senior High School research coordinator. Pursuing Masters Degree in Education Major in Chemistry at Bulacan State University

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Bhatti, M., Saeed, M., Hugo, M. & Guevarra, J. (2023). Rauvolfia Serpentina and Peperomia Pellucida as antiparasitic spray against Rhipicephalus Sanguineus Latreille. International Journal of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics, 3 (2), 1 - 19. https://doi.org/10.53378/352979

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