Molluscicidal activity of Saraca asoca and Thuja orientalis against the fresh water snail Lymnaea acuminata

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 164, Issue 2-4, 2009, Pages 206-210

  Singh, Arundhati ^a   Singh, V K ^a  

^a D D U GORAKHPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Lymnaea acuminata; Molluscicidal activity; Saponin; Saraca asoca; Thuja orientalis; Thujone

Indexed keywords

ABSINTHOL; ACETONE; ALCOHOL; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; ETHER; MOLLUSCACIDE; SAPONIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BARK; CAESALPINIA; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; LC 50; LYMNAEA; LYMNAEA ACUMINATA; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; SARACA ASOCA; SOLVENT EXTRACTION; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY; THUJA; THUJA ORIENTALIS; TOXICITY TESTING;

ANIMALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FABACEAE; LYMNAEA; MOLLUSCACIDES; PLANT EXTRACTS; SOLVENTS; THUJA; TIME FACTORS;

CERITHIDEA RHIZOPHORARUM; GASTROPODA; LYMNAEA ACUMINATA; PLATYCLADUS ORIENTALIS; SARACA ASOCA;

EID: 70249083353     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2009.05.008     Document Type: Article

References (32)

1. Agarwal R.A., and Singh D.K. Harmful gastropods and their control. Acta Hydrochim. Hydrobiol. 16 (1988) 113-138
2. Cannayane I., and Rajendran G. Allelochemic action of certain plant extracts on eggs and juveniles of Meloidogyn incognita. Curr. Nematol. 13 (2002) 83-89
3. Chen C.P., Lin C.C., and Namba T. Screening of Taiwanese crude drugs for antimicrobial activity against Streptococcus mutans. J. Ethnopharmacol. 27 (1989) 285-295
4. Dabur R., Singh H., Chhillar A.K., Ali M., and Sharma G.L. Antifungal potential of Indian medicinal plants. Fitoterapia 75 (2004) 389-391
5. Dwivedi S.C., and Shekhawat N.B. Repellent effect of some indigenous plant extract against Trogoderma granarium (Everts). Asian J. Exp. Sci. 18 (2004) 47-51
6. Guleriaa S., Kumarb A., and Tikua A.K. Chemical composition and fungitoxic activity of essential oil of Thuja orientalis L. Grown in the North-Western Himalaya. Z. Naturforsch. 63 (2007) 211-214
7. Hostettmann K., and Lea P.J. Biologically Active Natural Product (1987), Oxford Science Publication, Oxford
8. Jaiswal P., and Singh D.K. Molluscicidal activity of Carica papaya and Areca catechu against the fresh water snail Lymnaea acuminata. Vet. Parasitol. 152 (2008) 264-270
9. Jaiswal P., Singh V.K., and Singh D.K. Enzyme inhibition by molluscicidal component of Areca catechu and Carica papaya in the nervous tissue of vector snail Lymnaea acuminata. Pestic. Biochem. Physiol. (2008) 10.1016/J.Pest bp.2008.07.001
10. Ju-Hyun J., Sang-Hyun L., Moo-Key K., and Hoi-Seon L. Larvicidal activity of Chamaecyparis obusta and Thuja orientalis leaf oils against two mosquito species. Agric. Chem. Biotechnol. 48 (2005) 26
11. Kumar P., and Singh D.K. Molluscicidal activity of Ferula asafoetida, Syzygium aromaticum and Carum carvi and their active components against the snail L. acuminata. Chemosphere 63 (2006) 1568-1574
12. Lewin, M.R., 2007. The Johns Hopkins Microbiology News Letter 26 No. 03.
13. Martin R.S., Nbjoko K., and Hostettmann K. Nobel molluscicide against Pomacea canaliculata based on quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa) saponins. Crop Prot. 27 (2008) 310-319
14. Mas-Coma S., Bargues M.D., and Valero M.A. Fascioliasis and other plant-borne trematode zoonose. Int. Parasitol. 35 (2005) 1255-1278
15. Monica R.L., Antoine M.S., Rosa T., Giancarlo A.S., Francesco M., IIaria L., Roberto G., Jindrich C., and Hans W.D. Phytochemical analysis and in vitro antiviral activities of the essential oils of seven lebanon species. Chem. Biodivers. 5 (2008) 461-470
16. Phiri I.K., Phiri A.M., and Harrison L.J.S. Serum antibody isotype responses of Fasciola-infected sheep and cattle to excretory and secretory product of Fasciola species. Vet. Parasitol. 141 (2006) 234-242
17. Russell R.M., Robertson J.L., and Savin N.E. POLO, a new computer program for probit analysis. Bull. Ent. Soc. Am. 23 (1977) 209-213
18. Shahid M., Shahzad A., Malik A., and Anis M. Antibacterial activity of arial part as well as in vitro raised calli of the medicinal plant Saraca asoca (Roxb.) de Wide. Can. J. Microbiol. 53 (2007) 75-81
19. Shukla S., Singh V.K., and Singh D.K. The effect of single, binary, tertiary, combination of few plant derived Molluscicides alone or in combination with synergist on different enzymes in the nervous tissues of the fresh water snail Lymnaea (Radix) acuminata (Lamark). Pestic. Biochem. Physiol. 85 (2006) 167-173
20. Singh A., and Singh D.K. Molluscicidal activity of the Custard Apple (Annona squamosa L.) alone and in combination with other plant derived molluscicides. J. Herbs Spices Med. Plants 8 (2001) 23-29
21. Singh A., Singh D.K., Mishra T.N., and Agarwal R.A. Molluscicide of plant origin. Biol. Agric. Hortic. 13 (1996) 205-252
22. Singh D.K., and Agarwal R.A. Inhibition kinetics of certain organophosphorus and carbamate pesticides on acetylcholinesterase from the snail Lymnaea acuminata. Toxicol. Lett. 19 (1983) 313-319
23. Singh D.K., and Agarwal R.A. Correlation of anticholinesterease and molluscicidal activity of the latex of Euphorbia royleana on the snail Lymnaea acuminata. J. Nat. Prod. 47 (1984) 702-705
24. Singh O., and Agarwal R.A. Toxicity of certain pesticides to two economic species of snails in northern India. J. Econ. Entomol. 74 (1981) 568-571
25. Singh S., Singh V.K., and Singh D.K. Molluscicidal activity of some common spice plants. Biol. Agric. Hortic. 14 (1997) 237-249
26. Singh V., and Singh D.K. The effect of abiotic factors on the toxicity of cypermethrin against the snail Lymnaea acuminata in the control of fascioliasis. J. Helminthol. (2008) 10.1017/50022149×08086252
27. Singh V.K., and Singh D.K. Characterization of allicin as a molluscicide agent in Allium sativum (Garlic). Biol. Agric. Hortic. 12 (1995) 119-131
28. Sokal R.R., and Rohlf F.J. Introduction to Biostatistics (1996), W.H. freeman, San Francisco pp. 1-363
29. Srivastava P., and Singh D.K. Control of harmful snails: Tajpat (Cinnamomum tamala) a potential molluscicide. J. Appl. Biosci. 31 (2005) 128-132
30. US Patent, 20,070,196,517. Modified saponin molluscicide (2007).
31. Varghese C.D., Satish, Nair C., and Panikkar K.R. Potential anticancer activity of Saraca asoca extracts towards transplantable tumour in mice. Indian J. Pharmaceut. Sci. 54 (1992) 37-40
32. World Health Organization 2006. Report of the WHO informal meeting on use of triclabendazole in fascioliasis control, WHO headquarters, 17-18 October, Geneva, Switzerland.