Molluscicidal activity of some Saudi Arabian Euphorbiales against the snail Biomphalaria pfeifferi

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 119-125

  Al Zanbagi, Najia A ^a   Banaja, Abdul Elah A ^a   Barrett, John ^b  

^a KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biomphalaria pfeifferi; Euphorbia helioscopia; Euphorbia schimperiana; Intestinal schistosomiasis; Jatropha glauca

Indexed keywords

EUPHORBIA EXTRACT; MOLLUSCACIDE;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOMPHALARIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUPHORBIA; LD 50; NONHUMAN; SNAIL;

ANIMALS; BIOMPHALARIA; EUPHORBIACEAE; MOLLUSCACIDES; SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 0034067434     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-8741(99)00155-5     Document Type: Article

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