Molluscicidal activity of some Moroccan medicinal plants.
Among 14 plants of Moroccan folk medicine tested for molluscicidal activity, ethyl acetate extract from Origanum compactum and hexane extracts from both Chenopodium ambrosioides and Ruta chalepensis were the most active (LC(90)=2.00, 2.23 and 2.23 mg l(-1), respectively) against the schistosomiasis-transmitting snail Bulinus truncatus.
Hmamouchi
M
M
Unité de recherche: Substances Naturelles, Faculté de Médecine et de Pharmacie, Rabat, B.P. 6203, Rabat-Institut, Maroc. hmamouchim@hotmail.com
Lahlou
M
M
Agoumi
A
A
D000818:Animals; D008519:Medicine, Traditional; D009018:Morocco; D008517:Phytotherapy; D010936:Plant Extracts / Q000627:therapeutic use / Q000633:toxicity*; D010946:Plants, Medicinal / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D012552:Schistosomiasis / Q000517:prevention & control*; D012908:Snails / Q000187:drug effects*
D010936:Plant Extracts