Comparative Nematocidal Activity of Chromatographic Fractions ofLeucaena leucocephala. Seed Against Gastrointestinal Sheep Nematodes

Characterisation of an antinematicidal compound fromLeucaena leucocephala

“…Several studies have demonstrated antithelminthic effects of extracts of L. leucocephala in animals (Bamualim et al 1984;Pearce et al 1984;Ademola et al 2005) and crude extracts of its bark and roots have broad uses medicinally in Latin America (Duke 1983).…”

Effect of banana foliage (Musa x paradisiaca) on nutrition, parasite infection and growth of lambs

“…Within the terpenoids family, the saponosides are an important group of secondary metabolites found in banana foliage (Marie-Magdeleine, 2009). Terpenoids and flavonoids are known for their action against H. contortus (Ademola et al, 2005;Maciel et al, 2006;Camurça-Vasconcelos et al, 2007) and physiological activity (Singh and Dryden, 1990;Rhoads and Fetterer, 1994 ;Aharoni et al, 2005).…”

Anthelmintic activity ofAcacia oxyphyllastem bark againstAscaridia galli

“…Following this basic technique, several medicinal plants such as Albizzia lebbek Bentham (Mimosaceae), Allium sativum Linnaeus (Liliaceae), A. santonica Linnaeus (Liliaceae), Cardiospermum halicacabum Linnaeus (Sapindaceae), Coriandrum sativum Linnaeus, Cucurbita mexicana Damm (Cucurbitaceae), Neurolaena lobata Linnaeus (Asteraceae), Perilla frutescens Linnaeus (Lamiaceae), Spigelia anthelmia Linnaeus (Loganiaceae), Spondias mombin Linnaeus (Anacardiaceae), Polyalthia suaveolens Engler & Diels (Annonaceae), Vernonia amygdalina Linnaeus (Asteraceae), and Zingiber officinale Roscoe (Zingiberaceae) have already been documented to show anthelmintic activity against different nematodes of veterinary importance (Akhtar et al, 2000;El Garhy & Mahmoud, 2002;Iqbal et al, 2003;Boonmars et al, 2005;Fujimaki et al, 2005;Ademola et al, 2005Ademola et al, , 2007Eguale et al, 2007;Adedapo et al, 2007). A closely related species of Acacia used in the present study, A. auriculiformis Cunningham extract, reportedly caused significant activity against the nematode Dirofilaria immitis Leidy of dogs (Chakraborty et al, 1995), the bovine nematode Setaria cervi Kunth (Ghosh et al, 1993) and a cestode Hymenolepis diminuta Sturdevant (Ghosh et al, 1996).…”