title: Effect of molluscicidal components of Abrus precatorius, Argemone mexicana and Nerium indicum on certain biochemical parameters of Lymnaea acuminata.
abstract: Exposure to 40% and 80% of the 24 h LC50 of the molluscicidal component of Abrus precatorius (abrin and glycyrrhizin), Argemone mexicana (protopine and sanguinarine) and Nerium indicum (oleandrin) caused a significant decrease in the levels of protein, free amino acid, DNA and RNA in the nervous tissue of Lymnaea acuminata. Except for glycyrrhizin, all the above molluscicides caused a significant reduction in phospholipid levels and a simultaneous increase in the rate of lipid peroxidation in the nervous tissue of treated snails.
authors.affiliation: Department of Zoology, University of Gorakhpur, U.P., India.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.forename: D K
authors.initials: DK
authors.lastname: Singh
mesh_terms: D000036:Abrin / Q000494:pharmacology; D000470:Alkaloids / Q000494:pharmacology; D000596:Amino Acids / Q000032:analysis; D000818:Animals; D053119:Benzophenanthridines; D001600:Berberine Alkaloids; D002298:Cardenolides / Q000494:pharmacology; D004247:DNA / Q000032:analysis; D005399:Fishes / Q000378:metabolism; D019695:Glycyrrhizic Acid / Q000494:pharmacology; D007546:Isoquinolines; D015227:Lipid Peroxidation / Q000187:drug effects; D008195:Lymnaea / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D009420:Nervous System / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D010743:Phospholipids / Q000378:metabolism; D037121:Plant Lectins; D010944:Plants / Q000737:chemistry*; D012313:RNA / Q000032:analysis
chemical_list: D000470:Alkaloids; D000596:Amino Acids; D053119:Benzophenanthridines; D001600:Berberine Alkaloids; D002298:Cardenolides; D007546:Isoquinolines; D010743:Phospholipids; D037121:Plant Lectins; D000036:Abrin; D012313:RNA; D019695:Glycyrrhizic Acid; D004247:DNA; C005705:sanguinarine; C021065:oleandrin; C009093:protopine