Screening of antihelminthic effects of Indian plant extracts: a preliminary report
Paramita Das1, Santi Prasad Sinhababu, Tapen Dam
1Department of Zoology, Visva Bharati University, Santiniketan, Birbhum, West-Bengal, India.
Abstract
Introduction:
The purpose of the present study was to evaluate the antihelminthic effect of plants from the Ayurvedic system of medicine traditionally used in India.
Materials And Methods:
Six plant extracts were assayed for their activity against free-living nematodes. Inhibitory effects on free-living nematodes were evaluated in vitro using aqueous or ethanolic extracts.
Conclusions:
Of six plants assayed, Momordica charantia yielded the best results, its crude extract producing 96% mortality.
