In vitro anthelmintic activity of three medicinal plants against Haemonchus contortus

International Journal of Green Pharmacy

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 29-34

  Eguale, Tadesse ^a   Giday, Mirutse ^b  

^a National Animal Health Diagnostics and Investigation Center   (Ethiopia)

^b ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Anthelmintic activity* Chenopodium ambrosioides; Haemonchus contortus; Jatropha curcas; Lawsonia inermis

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; ALCOHOL; ANTHELMINTIC AGENT; CHENOPODIUM AMBROSIOIDES EXTRACT; JATROPHA CURCAS EXTRACT; LAWSONIA INTERMIS EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; DRUG POTENCY; FEMALE; HAEMONCHUS CONTORTUS; HATCHING; IN VITRO STUDY; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; PARASITE SURVIVAL; PLANT LEAF; PLANT SEED; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 77953463440     PISSN: 09738258     EISSN: 19984103     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0973-8258.49371     Document Type: Article

References (26)

1. Waller PJ. Sustainable helminth control of ruminants in developing countries. Vet Parsitol 1997;71:195-207.
2. Perry B, Randolph T, Mcdermott J, Sones K, Tornton, PK. Investing in animal health research to alleviate poverty. Nairobi, Kenya: ILRI; 2002. p. 148.
3. Waller PJ, Thamsborg SM. Nematode control in green ruminant Production systems. Trends Prasitol 2004;20:493-7.
4. Hammond JA, Fielding D, Bishop SC. Prospects for plant anthelmintics in tropical veterinary medicine. Vet Res Commun 1997;21:213-28.
5. Fajmi AK, Taiwo AA. Herbal remedies in animal parasitic diseases in Nigeria: A review. Afr J Biotec 2005;4:303-7.
6. Gathuma JM, Mbaria JM, Wanyama J, Kaburia HF, Mpoke L, Mwangi JN, et al. Efficacy of Myrsine africana, Albizia anthelmintica and Hilderbrantia sepalosa herbal remedies in Samburu district, Kenya. J Ethnopharmcol 2004;91:7-12.
7. Githiori JB. Evaluation of anthelmintic properties of ethnoveterinary plant preparations used as livestock dewormers by pastoralists and smallholder farmers in Kenya. Doctoral Thesis, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden: 2004.
8. Iqbal Z, Lateef M, Ashraf M, Jabbar A. Anthelmintic activity of Artemisia brevifolia in sheep. J Ethopharmacol 2004;93:265-8.
9. Eguale T, Tilahun G, Debella A, Feleke A, Makkonen E. Haemonchus contortus: In vitro and in vivo anthelmintic activity of aqueous and hydroalcoholic extracts of Hedera helix. Exp Parasitol 2007;116:340-5.
10. Vollesen K. Euphorbaceae. In: Edwards S, Mesfin T, Hedberg I, editors. Flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea; Canellaceae to Euphorbaceae. Vol. 2 Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: 1995. p. 324.
11. Nwude N, Ibrahim MA. Plants used in traditional veterinary medicinal practice in Nigeria. J Vet Pharm Ther 1980;3:261-73.
12. Nsekuye B. Traditional Veterinary Practice in Africa, Technical cooperation-Federal republic of Germany, Eschaborn; 1994.
13. Ali BH, Bashir AK, Tanira MO. Anti-inflammatory, antipyretic, and analgesic effects of Lawsonia inermis L. (henna) in rats. Pharmacology 1995;51:356-63.
14. Singh VK, Pandey DK. Fungitoxic studies on bark extract of Lawsonia inermis against ring worm fungi. Hindustan Antibiot Bull 1989;31:32-5.
15. Malekzadeh F. Antimicrobial activity of Lawsonia inermis L. Appl Microbiol 1968;16:663-4.
16. Dasgupta T, Rao AR, Yadava PK. Modulatory effect of Henna leaf (Lawsonia inermis) on drug metabolizing phase I and phase II enzymes, antioxidant enzymes, lipid peroxidation and chemically induced skin and fore stomach papillomagenesis in mice. Mol Cell Biochem 2003;245:11-22.
17. Makkar HP, Aderibigbe AO, Becker K. Comparative evaluation of non-toxic and toxic varieties of Jatropha curcas for chemical composition, digestibility, protein degradability and toxic factors. Food Chem 1998;62:207-15.
18. Dessisa D. A preliminary economic evaluation of medicinal plants in Ethiopia: trade, volume and price In: Medhin Z, Abebe D, editors. Proceedings of the National Workshop on Biodiversity Conservation and Sustainable use of Medicinal Plants in Ethiopia. Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: 28th April-May1st, 1998. 2001. p. 176-88.
19. Makkar HP, Becker K. Nutritional studies on rats and fish (carp Cyprinus carpio) fed diets containing unheated and heated Jatropha curcas meal of a non-toxic provenanace. Plant Foods Hum Nutr 1999;53:183-92.
20. Friis I, Gilbert MG. Chenopodiaceae. In: Edwards S, Mesfin T, Sebsebe D, Hedberg I, editors. Flora of ethiopia and eritrea; Magnoliaceae to flacourtiaceae. Vol. 2, Published by National Herbarium of Addis Ababa University and Uppsala University, Uppsala. Sweden: 2000. p. 277.
21. Ketzis JK, Taylor A, Bowman DD, Brown DL, Warnick LD, Erb HN. Chenopodium ambrosioides and its essential oil as treatments for Haemonchus contortus and mixed adult-nematode infections in goats. Small Rum Res 2002;44:193-200.
22. Treating livestock with medicinal plants, Beneficial or toxic? Chenopodium ambrosioides. Available from: http://www.ansci. cornell.edu/plants/medicinal/epade.html [last accessed on 2007 Oct 11]
23. Debella A. Manual for phytochemical screening of medicinal plants, Ethiopian health and Nutrition Research Institute. Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: 2002. p. 84.
24. Coles GC, Bauer C, Borgsteede FH, Geerts S, Klei TR, Taylor MA, et al. World Association for Advancement of Veterinary Parasitology (WAAVP) Methods for detection of anthelmintic resistance in nematodes of veterinary importance. Vet Parasitol 1992;44:35-43.
25. Raskin I, Ribnicky DM, Komarnytsky S, Ilic N, Poulev A, Borisjuk N, et al. Plants and human health in the twenty-first century. Trends Biotechnol 2002;20:522-31.
26. Kato S. Effects of the oil of Chenopodium ambrosioides on sheep: efficacy as an anthelmintic for treatment of gastrointestinal nematodes in sheep, DVM thesis. NY, USA: Cornell University; 1997.