Molluscicidal activity against Biomphalaria glabrata of Brazilian Cerrado medicinal plants.
Alcoholic extracts of six Brazilian Cerrado medicinal plants were evaluated for their molluscicidal activity against Biomphalaria glabrata, intermediate host of schistosomiasis. Stryphnodendron polyphyllum bark extract, rich in condensed tannins, was the most promising as molluscicide.
Bezerra
J C B
JC
Setor de Parasitologia-Instituto de Patologia Tropical e Saúde Pública, GO, Goiânia, Brazil.
Silva
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IA
Ferreira
H D
HD
Ferri
P H
PH
Santos
S C
SC
D000818:Animals; D001700:Biomphalaria / Q000187:drug effects*; D001938:Brazil; D008519:Medicine, Traditional; D008975:Molluscacides / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000494:pharmacology*; D010936:Plant Extracts / Q000494:pharmacology*; D010946:Plants, Medicinal / Q000737:chemistry*
D008975:Molluscacides; D010936:Plant Extracts