&lt;i&gt;In vitro &lt;/i&gt;anthelmintic effects of &lt;i&gt;Artemisia afra&lt;/i&gt; and &lt;i&gt;Mentha longifolia&lt;/i&gt; against parasitic gastro-intestinal nematodes of livestock

Molefe, Nthatisi Innocentia; Tsotetsi, Ana Mbokeleng; Ashafa, Anofi Omotayo Tom; Thekisoe, Oriel

doi:10.3329/bjp.v7i3.11437

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“…However, parasites limit goat productivity as they reduce fertility, cause skin irritation and suck blood, ultimately leading to death (Molefe et al . 2012 ). Gastrointestinal parasites such as Haemonchus contortus and Fasciola hepatica are a major health problem in small ruminants (Vatta & Lindberg 2006 ).…”

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Medicinal plants used to control internal and external parasites in goats

Sanhokwe

Mupangwa

Masika

et al. 2016

Onderstepoort J Vet Res

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The use of medicinal plants plays a major role in the primary health care of animals in South Africa. A survey was conducted to document medicinal plants used to control parasites in goats in Kwezi and Ntambethemba villages in the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa. Information from 50 farmers and 3 herbalists was obtained through the use of a structured questionnaire, and a snowball sampling technique was used to identify key informants. The obtained data were analysed using PROC FREQ of SAS (2003), and fidelity level values were determined to estimate the healing potential of the mentioned plants. The survey revealed nine plant species belonging to eight families that were used to control parasites in goats. Asphodelaceae (22.22%) was the most frequently used plant family. Leaves were the most used plant parts, constituting 60.38%. They were prepared either as infusions or decoctions of single plants or in mixtures. Aloe ferox, Acokanthera oppositifolia and Elephantorrhiza elephantina were the plants having the highest fidelity level for their use to control parasites, each scoring 100%, followed by Albuca setosa (83.33%). The study revealed low knowledge about ethno-veterinary medicine in the study area. It also revealed that information on ethno-veterinary medicine in this area is mostly confined to older people and there is danger that this knowledge can be lost before being passed on to other generations. Therefore, there is an urgent need to document information on these plant species so that the future generation can benefit. Further investigation should be carried out to validate the efficacy and safety of the above-mentioned plants so as to provide cheap alternative ways of controlling parasites.

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Medicinal plants used to control internal and external parasites in goats

Sanhokwe

Mupangwa

Masika

et al. 2016

Onderstepoort J Vet Res

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“…Galen of Pergamum (130-210 CE) was a medical practitioner from Asia Minor, who described several types of intestinal helminth in his medical works and recommended a range of medical treatments to expel them (Jirsa and Winiwarter, 2010). A number of those medicines have been shown to have anti-helminthic effects in laboratory studies and when given to animals infected with helminths (Githiori et al, 2006;Idris et al, 1982;Khan et al, 2015;Mahmoud et al, 2002;Molefe et al, 2012). However, the degree to which these medicines may have been used in Roman times, and how effective they may have been in humans, is very hard to evaluate using archaeological evidence as we have here.…”

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Intestinal parasites from public and private latrines and the harbour canal in Roman Period Ephesus, Turkey (1st c. BCE to 6th c. CE)

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Schwaiger

et al. 2018

Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports

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To improve our knowledge of the parasite species affecting the inhabitants of Roman period Asia Minor, we analysed faecal material from Ephesus, Turkey. Mineralised material from the drain from a private house latrine (3 rd c. CE), sediment samples from the sewer drain of a public communal latrine (6 th c. CE), and sediment from the harbour canal (ca. 1 st c. BCE to ca. 6 th c. CE) were studied for the presence of intestinal parasites. Samples were viewed by light microscopy for helminth eggs, and commercial enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) kits were used to test for protozoal parasites that cause dysentery. Eggs of roundworm were found in the public latrine, whipworm in the house latrine, and both whipworm and roundworm in the harbour canal. Sequential sampling of the harbour core suggests that whipworm was by far the most common parasite throughout the Roman period, and there was no clear evidence for change in parasite species over the centuries.Whipworm and roundworm are both spread by the contamination of food and drink by human faeces. Despite the large number of travellers to Ephesus, as the capital of its province and a major port city in the Roman Empire, there was a surprising lack of diversity in parasite species found. This is especially apparent when we consider that ten species of intestinal parasite have been found across the Roman Empire. This is the first Roman site to be directly assessed for differences between infection in individuals using private latrines, public latrines, and mixed town effluent (in the harbour) at the same site.

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“…As compared to previous research, positive results were also found on L3 of H.contortus with the methanolic extracts of A.indica and A.roburghiana 24 . Molefe et al (2012) have obtained positive result on L3 of gastrointestinal nematodes with A.afra and Mentha longifilia extracts 25 . Akter et al (2014) also achieved the same positive results on L3 of H.contortus with medicinal plants named neem, tamak, korolla, halud, chatim, sharna lata and lazzabati 26 .…”

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Effect of Jatropha curcas Latex on L3 Haemonchus contortus Larval Motility

Muhamad

Sazeli

Mona

et al. 2017

IJPCR

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The anthelmintic resistance has limited the control of gastrointestinal nematodes of small ruminants and thus has awakened interest in the study of plants extract as a source of anthelmintics. These experiments were carried out to evaluate the in vitro efficacy of Jatrophacurcas latex extract against Haemonchuscontortus larval motility. To evaluate the larvicidal activity, H.contortus L3 were incubated with the extracts with varying concentration of 5 mg/mL, 10 mg/mL, 15 mg/mL and 20 mg/mL at 27°C for 48, 72 and 96 hrs. The results were subjected to the Kruskal-Wallis test (P less than 0.05). The extracts showed dose-dependent larvicidal effects. These results suggest that J.curcas can be used to control gastrointestinal nematodes of small ruminants.

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<i>In vitro </i>anthelmintic effects of <i>Artemisia afra</i> and <i>Mentha longifolia</i> against parasitic gastro-intestinal nematodes of livestock

Cited by 14 publications

References 29 publications

Medicinal plants used to control internal and external parasites in goats

Medicinal plants used to control internal and external parasites in goats

Intestinal parasites from public and private latrines and the harbour canal in Roman Period Ephesus, Turkey (1st c. BCE to 6th c. CE)

Effect of Jatropha curcas Latex on L3 Haemonchus contortus Larval Motility

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