Tetrapleura tetraptera: Molluscicidal activity and chemical constituents

African Journal of Traditional, Complementary and Alternative Medicines

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 23-36

  Aladesanmi, Adetunji J ^a  

^a OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Aridan; Aridanin; Mimosaceae; Molluscicidal; Schistosomiasis; Tetrapleura tetraptera

Indexed keywords

3 O (2' ACETAMIDO 2' DEPOXY BETA DEXTRO GLUCOPYRANOSYL)ECHINOCYSTIC ACID; 3 O BETA DEXTRO GLUCOPYRANOSYL (1'',6') 2' ACETAMIDO 2' DEOXY BETA DEXTRO GLUCOMYRANOSYL OLEAN 12 ENE 28 OIC ACID; ARIDAN; ARIDANIN; CARBOHYDRATE; CLONITRALIDE; COUMARIN; ECHINOCYSTIC ACID 3 O SODIUM SULFATE; ESSENTIAL OIL; LIPID; MINERAL; MOLLUSCACIDE; NICLOSAMIDE; NICOTINANILIDE; PLANT EXTRACT; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT; PROTEIN; SCOPOLETIN; TETRAPLEURA TETRAPTERA EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ANALGESIA; ANTICONVULSANT ACTIVITY; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTHRITIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONVULSION; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CYTOTOXICITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG ACCUMULATION; DRUG DETERMINATION; DRUG DISTRIBUTION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG ELIMINATION; DRUG EXCRETION; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG POTENCY; DRUG SCREENING; FASCIOLIASIS; FLAVOR; FRUIT; GENOTOXICITY; INFLAMMATION; LC 50; LETHAL DOSE; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MUTAGENICITY; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; PEST CONTROL; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PHYTOTOXICITY; PLANT STEM; RADIOACTIVITY; REVIEW; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SNAIL; SOLVENT EXTRACTION; TETRAPLEURA; TETRAPLEURA TETRAPTERA; TOXICITY TESTING;

EID: 42449141924     PISSN: 01896016     EISSN: 01896016     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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