Many plants are used for ethnoveterinary purposes in South Africa, particularly in rural areas. Extracts of 17 plant species employed to treat infectious diseases were prepared using three solvents and the antibacterial activity of the extracts was determined against two Gram-positive and two Gram-negative bacteria. Anthelmintic activity was evaluated against the free-living nematode Caenorhabd...

Parasitic diseases causing considerable losses are one of the most common infections in humans, animals, and birds. This review emphasizes devastation poultry industry by parasites use bioactive components plants as an alternative to control damage. Synthetic medicines that used anthelmintic lead emergence resistance helminths well adversely affect birds reduce their production. Different compo...

BACKGROUND Embelia schimperi has been used for the treatment of intestinal parasites especially tapeworm infestations for centuries in Ethiopia. However, there is lack of scientific based evidences regarding the efficacy, safety and phytochemical analysis of this plant despite its frequent use as an anthelmintic. This study has therefore evaluated the efficacy and acute toxicity of E. schimperi...

Leaves of Anogeissus leiocarpus Guill. & Perr. have been traditionally used as an African botanical treatment for parasitic worm infections in both humans and livestock. This current study documents the presence of punicalagin isomers (α & β) and its galloyl ester, 1-O-galloyl-punicalagin as major components in the leaf extract of A. leiocarpus. Identification was performed using HPLC and LC-io...

Ascaris suum is one of the most prevalent nematode parasites in pigs and causes significant economic losses, and also serves as a good model for A. lumbricoides, the large roundworm of humans that is ubiquitous in developing countries and causes malnutrition, stunted growth and compromises immunity to other pathogens. New treatment options for Ascaris infections are urgently needed, to reduce r...

An ethanolic extract from the stem bark of Acacia oxyphylla, an indigenous anthelmintic plant among the Mizo tribes of north-east India, was tested in vitro to determine its anthelmintic activity on the fowl gastrointestinal cestode, Raillietina echinobothrida. The parasites were treated with varying concentrations, viz, 0.5, 1, 2, 5, 10, and 20 mg ml of the plant extract. On assessment of the ...

Alangium salviifolium (AS) is a novel medicinal plant used for the treatment of various diseases including helminthiasis by the traditional healers of Chhattisgarh. So an attempt has been taken to explore it scientifically. Preliminary phytochemical investigation reveals that there is presence of flavonoids, Saponins, phenols, bitter principles and steroids. Three different concentrations (50, ...

Ethanolic and Chloroform extract of leaves of Justicia beddomei were evaluated separately for anthelmintic activity on adult Indian earthworms Pheretima posthuma, using Piperazine citrate as reference standard. The results indicated that ethanolic extract was more potent than the chloroform extract.

It was evaluated the anthelmintic activity of Agave sisalana (sisal) juice against gastrointestinal nematodes and its potential toxic effects in goats. In vitro tests showed more than 95% reduction in larval counts of the genus Haemonchus spp. at concentrations between 86.5 and 146.3 mg.mL(-1). In vivo the percent reduction of larvae of the fourth (L4) and fifth (L5) stages of Haemonchus, Oesop...