Screening for molluscicidal activity in medicinal plant

Thirty-two extracts of medicinal plants were screened for activity against Oncomelania hupensis, the intermediate host of schistosomiasis due to Schistosoma japonicum. Strong molluscicidal activities were found in the n-Butyl alcohol extracts of rhizomae of Dioscorea zingiberensis and Anemarrhena as...

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Published inStudies in Plant Science Vol. 6; pp. 230 - 232
Main Authors Cui, Tian-Yi, Zheng, Qing-An, Mi, Liu-Xi, Zhang, Li-Hong, Tu, Zhi-Ben
Format Book Chapter
LanguageEnglish
Published 1999
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Summary:Thirty-two extracts of medicinal plants were screened for activity against Oncomelania hupensis, the intermediate host of schistosomiasis due to Schistosoma japonicum. Strong molluscicidal activities were found in the n-Butyl alcohol extracts of rhizomae of Dioscorea zingiberensis and Anemarrhena asphodeloides, flower of Liriope gramnifolia. Further studies showed that the major molluscicidal constituents of Dioscorea zingiberensis were gracillin and zingiberenin A, which had a snail mortality of 98% and 96% at 5mg/l in 72 hours respectively.
ISBN:9780444501806
0444501800
ISSN:0928-3420
DOI:10.1016/S0928-3420(99)80031-7