Laboratory evaluation of the molluscicidal properties of some Saudi Arabian euphorbiales against Biomphalaria pfeifferi.
Laboratory studies were conducted to evaluate the molluscicidal properties of three Saudi Arabian Euphorbiales. The results showed that the methanol extract of Euphorbia schimperiana has a high molluscicidal potency. The activity remains stable over a wide range of temperature and pH values, in the presence of organic and inorganic substrates and after exposure of the solutions to ultraviolet radiation.
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Department of Biology, King Abdul-Aziz University Saudi Arabia, P.O. Box 42626 21515, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
Barrett
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Banaja
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D000538:Aluminum Silicates; D000818:Animals; D000077215:Clay; D019665:Euphorbiaceae / Q000737:chemistry / Q000633:toxicity*; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D007928:Lethal Dose 50; D000432:Methanol / Q000737:chemistry; D010936:Plant Extracts / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000633:toxicity; D012529:Saudi Arabia; D012908:Snails / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000254:growth & development; D012987:Soil; D013472:Sunlight
D000538:Aluminum Silicates; D010936:Plant Extracts; D012987:Soil; D000077215:Clay; D000432:Methanol