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Molluscicidal and antimicrobial activity of Solanum aculeastrum
Alphonse W Wanyonyi1, Sumesh C Chhabra, Gerald Mkoji
1Kenyatta University, Chemistry Department, PO Box 43844, Nairobi, Kenya.
Fitoterapia
|May 3, 2003
Abstract:
The methanolic extract of the fresh root bark and berries of Solanum aculeastrum showed significant activity against host snails of schistosomiasis. The berries extract was more potent with 100% snail kill at 50 ppm. Fractionation increased activity with 100% mortality at 20 ppm. The aqueous and methanolic extracts of the berries showed moderate antimicrobial activity, increasing by fractionation.