Molluscicidal activity of Nerium indicum bark

Molluscicidal activity of Nerium indicum Mill, Pterocarya stenoptera DC, and Rumex japonicum houtt on Oncomelania hupensis.

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the molluscicidal activities of three Chinese plants N. indicum Mill, R stenoptera DC, and R. japonicum Houtt, and to clarify the molluscicidal mechanism. METHODS N-butanol extracts and water extracts of the three plants were obtained. The reactions of EST isozyme, glycogen and total protein of snails to the plant extracts were studied. RESULTS EST electrophoresis show...

Absorption of Formaldehyde by Oleander (Nerium indicum).

Molluscicidal activity of Punica granatum bark and Canna indica root.

The molluscicidal activity of Punica granatum Linn. (Punicaceae) and Canna indica Linn. (Cannaceae) against the snail Lymnaea acuminata was studied. The molluscicidal activity of P. granatum bark and C. indica root was found to be both time and dose dependent. The toxicity of P. granatum bark was more pronounced than that of C. indica. The 24 h LC(50) of the column-purified root of C. indica wa...

Molluscicidal Activity of Acacia seyal (Dell) Bark Methanolic Extract Against Biomphalaria pfeifferi Snails

The Acacia seyal Dell family Mimosaceaeis is known locally as Talha tree. Many medicinal uses such as treatment of dysentery, leprosy, colds, diarrhea, hemorrhage, ophthalmic, intestinal ailments, rheumatic pains, colds and fevers, have been attributed to this tree. Schistosomiasis, a water-borne parasitic disease caused by Schistosome(s) a genus of digenetic trematode worms, infects man and an...

Antioxidant Activity of Methanolic Extracts of Leaves and Flowers of Nerium Indicum

The Methanolic extract of leaves (LE) and Methanolic extract of flowers (FE) of Nerium indicum (Arali) was analysed for Antioxidant activity (AOA) in terms of DPPH free radicals, Total Phenolic Content (TPC) was measured in terms of Gallic acid equivalent and Flavonoid content was analysed in terms of Quercetin equivalent. The antioxidant activities of (LE & FE) were found to be 72.8% and 67 %....