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Planta Med 1984; 50(1): 74-77
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-969625
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Investigations of Molluscicidal Activity of Certain Sudanese Plants Used in Folk-Medicine. Part IV*

Ahmed M. El Hadi1 , Ahmed K. Bashir2 , Yahia M. El Kheir1
  • 1Dept. of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Khartoum, Khartoum, Sudan
  • 2Medicinal & Aromatic Herbs Research (Unit), National Council for Research, P. O. Box 2404, Khartoum, Sudan
* Part I-III see references (15) and El Kheir, Y. M. and M. S. El Tohami, J. of African Medicinal Plants, 3, 57 (1980).
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26 February 2007 (online)

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Abstract

50 plants indigenous to the Sudan and of common use in Sudanese folk-medicine, were screened for their molluscicidal activity, using two local snail vectors, Bulinus truncatus and Biomphalaria pfeifferi.

At different concentrations 31 (62%) of these plant samples were found to be lethal to either one or both of the snail species. 28 (56%) proved to be lethal to Biomphalaria pfeifferi, 22 (44%) gave 100% mortality to Bulinus truncatus; while 19 (38%) killed both snail hosts (Table I).

The seven most active molluscicidal plants were phytochemically screened for their active constituents; four of them showed the presence of saponins.