Screening of medicinal plants of Rwanda for acaricidal activity.
A series of 108 samples from 42 medicinal plants of Rwanda have been screened for acaricidal activity against the female tick Rhipicephalus appendiculatus. Two plants, Solanum dasyphyllum (fruits) and Neorautanenia mitis (roots) showed apparent acaricidal activity in the petroleum ether fraction.
D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D007306:Insecticides; D010936:Plant Extracts / Q000494:pharmacology; D010946:Plants, Medicinal; D012432:Rwanda; D013987:Ticks
D007306:Insecticides; D010936:Plant Extracts