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Molluscicidal saponins from Anagallis arvensis against schistosome intermediate hosts
M M Abdel-Gawad1, S M El-Amin, H Ohigashi
1Theodor Bilharz Research Institute, Giza, Egypt. mkawan@nih.go.jp
Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases
|April 25, 2000
Abstract:
The molluscicidal activity of saponins isolated from the plant Anagallis arvensis (Primulaceae) was studied against schistosome intermediate hosts, Biomphalaria glabrata and Oncomelania quadrasi. @Strong molluscicidal activity was found in two compounds called desglucoanagalloside B and anagalloside B. Their structures were identified on the basis of chemical and spectroscopic analyses and their activities are comparable to that of the synthetic molluscicide, niclosamide.