title: Screening of antihelminthic effects of Indian plant extracts: a preliminary report.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The purpose of the present study was to evaluate the antihelminthic effect of plants from the Ayurvedic system of medicine traditionally used in India.
  
  
  METHODS
  Six plant extracts were assayed for their activity against free-living nematodes. Inhibitory effects on free-living nematodes were evaluated in vitro using aqueous or ethanolic extracts.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Of six plants assayed, Momordica charantia yielded the best results, its crude extract producing 96% mortality.
authors.affiliation: Department of Zoology, Visva Bharati University, Santiniketan, Birbhum, West-Bengal, India.
authors.forename: Paramita
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Das
authors.forename: Santi Prasad
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Sinhababu
authors.forename: Tapen
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Dam
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000871:Anthelmintics / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006373:Helminthiasis / Q000188:drug therapy; D006801:Humans; D008515:Medicine, Ayurvedic; D009348:Nematoda / Q000187:drug effects*; D010936:Plant Extracts / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D000871:Anthelmintics; D010936:Plant Extracts