Evaluation of in - vitro anthelmintic activity of Heliotropium indicum Linn . leaves in Indian adult earthworm
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In helminthiasis disease, a part of the body is infested with worms such as pinworm, roundworm or tape worm. Typically, the worms reside in the gastrointestinal tract but may also burrow into the liver and other organs[1]. Although the majority of infections due to worms are generally limited to tropical regions, they can occur to travelers who have visited those areas and some of them can develop in temperate climates. In developing countries, they pose a large threat to public health and contribute to the prevalence of malnutrition, anemia, eosinophillia and pneumonia[2]. The parasitic worms are divided into three groups: cestodes or tapeworms; nematodes or roundworms; and trematodes or flukes[3]. Parasitic diseases may cause severe morbidity, including lymphatic filariasis (a cause of elephantiasis), onchocerciasis (river blindness), and schistosomiasis[4]. Most diseases caused by helminthes are of a chronic nature. They probably cause more morbidity and even economic and social deprivation among humans and animals than any single group of parasites[5]. Anthelmintic are drugs that act either locally to expel worms from the gastrointestinal tract or systemically to eradicate adult helminthes or developmental forms that invade organs and tissues[6]. Most of the existing anthelminthic drugs produce side effects such as abdominal pain, loss of appetite, nausea, vomiting, PEER REVIEW ABSTRACT
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