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Biological control alone or as a part of integrated vector management stands to be a better alternative to the chemical controls aimed against pest mosquitoes. At the same time it is necessary to control bacteria by synthetic or natural means (plant products). Hence the present study was designed to screen the effect of mosquito larvicidal and antimicrobial activitiy of protein isolated from matured leaves of <jats:italic>Solanum villosum<\/jats:italic> against mosquito immatures and some pathogenic bacteria.<\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>\n          <jats:sec>\n            <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n            <jats:p>Aqueous solvent extract of fresh mature leaves of <jats:italic>S. villosum<\/jats:italic> was tested against 3rd instar larvae of <jats:italic>Anopheles stephensi<\/jats:italic>, <jats:italic>Culex quinquefasciatus<\/jats:italic> and <jats:italic>Stegomyia aegypti<\/jats:italic> mosquitoes and against four pathogenic bacteria. The protein fraction was isolated and tested for mosquitocidal and antibacterial activities. Amino acid analysis was performed on isolated protein using PICO.TAG amino acid system. SDS-PAGE was also done to detect the bands of amino acid on the basis of their molecular weights.<\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>\n          <jats:sec>\n            <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n            <jats:p>Proteins isolated from mature leaves of <jats:italic>S. villosum<\/jats:italic> were found to have larvicidal and antimicrobial properties. Analysis of the isolated protein identified fifteen amino acids of which eight were essential amino acids. SDS-PAGE detected seven bands corresponding to different molecular weights in the range of 69\u2013109 KDa.<\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>\n          <jats:sec>\n            <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n            <jats:p>Proteins of mature leaves of <jats:italic>S. villosum<\/jats:italic> exhibited moderate larvicidal and antimicrobial activities. 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