title: Prospect for anthelminthic plants in the Ivory Coast using ethnobotanical criteria.
abstract: Sixty plant species were collected in the Ivory Coast on the basis of an ethnobotanical literature using the following three criteria: activity against worms, diarrhoea and/or abdominal pain. Eighty six plant extracts were prepared using 90% ethanol and tested for potential anthelminthic activities with a larvicidal test of Haemonchus contortus. 25.6% of the extracts showed a high activity, 12.8% were active or marginally active and the remaining 61.6% were inactive. The fact that a relatively high percentage of the plants species (50%) had an activity can be explained by the initial preselection of the plants on the basis of ethnobotanical indications.
authors.affiliation: Institut de Zoologie, Université de Neuchâtel, rue Emile-Argand 11, 2000 Neuchâtel, Suisse.
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Diehl
authors.forename: K Kamanzi
authors.initials: KK
authors.lastname: Atindehou
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Téré
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Betschart
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000871:Anthelmintics / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000494:pharmacology*; D007560:Cote d'Ivoire; D019448:Ethnobotany / Q000379:methods* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005260:Female; D006189:Haemonchus / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology; D016488:Medicine, African Traditional; D035261:Plant Components, Aerial; D010936:Plant Extracts / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000494:pharmacology; D010946:Plants, Medicinal; D012756:Sheep
chemical_list: D000871:Anthelmintics; D010936:Plant Extracts