Abstract
Study of the effects of plant molluscicides from the natural flora of Burundi on Biomphalaria pfeifferi, the intermediate host of Bilharzia. Various plant extracts were tested for toxicity to the snail B. pfeifferi, the intermediate host of Schistosoma mansoni, the causal agent of bilharzia. Agave sisalana, Anacardium occidentale, Annona senegalensis, Balanites aegyptiaca, Canna indica, Chenopodium ambrosioides, Phytolacca dodecandra, Polygonum senegalense, Sesbania sesban, Simarouba versicolor [Quassia versicolor] and Solanum lycopersicum [Lycopersicon esculentum] were effective to different degrees. Phytolacca dodecandra, Balanites aegyptiaca and Agave sisalana had the greatest effect, showing toxicity at the lowest dose (10 mg of powder/litre) tested, and 100% mortality at 100 mg/litre
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | The biodiversity of African plants; Proceedings of the 14th AETFAT Congress 22-27 August 1994, Wageningen, Netherlands |
Editors | LJG van der Maesen, XM van der Burgt, JM van Medenbach-de Rooy |
Place of Publication | Dordrecht |
Publisher | Kluwer |
Publication date | 1996 |
Pages | 757-760 |
Publication status | Published - 1996 |
Keywords
- B780-tropical-medicine
- Helminthic diseases
- Helminthology
- Schistosoma mansoni
- Agave sisalana
- Anacardium occidentale
- Annona senegalensis
- Balanites aegyptiaca
- Canna indica
- Chenopodium ambrosioides
- Phytolacca dodecandra
- Polygonum senegalense
- Sesbania sesban
- Quassia versicolor
- Lycopersicon esculentum
- Biomphalaria pfeifferi
- Medicinal plants
- Toxicity
- Plant extracts
- Molluscicides
- Molluscicidal plants
- Schistosomiasis
- Control
- Sisal
- Cashews
- Tomatoes
- Burundi
- Africa-Central