BACKGROUND It has been recently recognized that oxidative stress, helminth and microbial infections are the cause of much illness found in the underdeveloped, developing and developed countries. The present study was undertaken to identify the chemical composition, and to assess anthelmintic, antimicrobial and antioxidant effects of Thymus bovei essential oil. METHODS The chemical composition...

Evaluation of anthelmintic activity of any drug when carried out in laboratory conditions by using the isolated worms from nature cannot be adaptable with artificial laboratory conditions. Therefore, the present study aims at developing a new adaptable method for evaluation of anthelmintic activity. The present anthelmintic activity study reveals a new methodology with housefly worms cultured i...

The synthesis of a proline-rich cyclic heptapeptide, fanlizhicyclopeptide A (8), previouslyisolated from the fruits of Annona squamosa (sugar-apples), is described via coupling oftetrapeptide l-prolyl-l-tyrosyl-l-leucyl-l-proline methyl ester with tripeptide Boc-glycyl-lvalyl-l-proline followed by cyclization of the linear fragment having seven amino acid units.Structure of the synthesized cycl...

This study was conducted to evaluate the in vitro polyphenol content, antioxidant, cytotoxic, antibacterial, anthelmintic properties, and in vivo antinociceptive activity of the ethanol extract of Cissus adnata leaves (EECA) in different experimental models. Polyphenol contents were investigated using spectrophotometric techniques. Antioxidant activity was determined by 1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhyd...

The present study was aimed to evaluate anthelmintic activity of aqueous and methanolic extract of Trapa natans L.var. bispinosa Roxb fruit peels and root. The plant commonly known as “Water Chestnut” in India and is an annual aquatic floating herb occurring throughout the Indian subcontinent and used traditionally for several medicinal purposes. The effect of this plant was evaluated for anthe...

many parasitic helminthes of veterinary importance have genetic features that favor development of anthelmintic resistance, this becoming a major worldwide constrain in livestock production. the de-velopment of anthelmintic resistance poses a large threat to future production and welfare of grazing animals. development of variable degrees of resistance among different species of gastrointestina...

Dung beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea) support numerous ecosystem functions in livestock-grazed pastures. Exposure to veterinary anthelmintic residues in livestock dung can have lethal and sublethal effects on dung beetles, and can reduce rates of dung removal, but the immediate and longer-term consequences for other dung beetle mediated functions have rarely been studied. We investigated the...