The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine
Screening of Antihelminthic Effects of Indian Plant Extracts: A Preliminary Report
To cite this article:
Paramita Das, Santi Prasad Sinhababu, Tapen Dam.
The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine.
April 2006,
12(3): 299-301.
doi:10.1089/acm.2006.12.299.
Department of Zoology, Visva Bharati University, Santiniketan, Birbhum, West-Bengal, India.
Santi Prasad Sinhababu, Ph.D.
Department of Zoology, Visva Bharati University, Santiniketan, Birbhum, West-Bengal, India.
Tapen Dam, Ph.D.
Department of Biology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD.
Introduction: The purpose of the present study was to evaluate the antihelminthic effect of plants from the Ayurvedic system of medicine traditionally used in India.
Materials and 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.
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