Anthelmintic usage of extracts of Embelia schimperi from Tanzania

Bøgh, Henrik O.; Andreassen, J.; Lemmich, John

doi:10.1016/0378-8741(95)01322-9

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“…The present investigation indicated that A. cina extract has antihelminthic effects against M. expansa in vitro at the various concentrations tested. Similar results were reported from M. expansa using the aqeuous extract of Trigonella foenum graecum in Iran (Ghofghazi et al 1980) and also in other countries using different plant extracts (Kalyani et al 1989;Roy and Tandon 1996;Ayaiyeoba and Okogun 1996;Bogh et al 1996;Pale and Tandon 1998;Cenci et al 2007). …”

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“…Moreover, control of helminth parasites using chemical products resulted in environment pollution and produced resistance of parasites. Thus it is necessary to search for other safe and potent agents against parasites (Bogh et al 1996;Haridy et al 2004). Therefore, the use of biological materials instead of chemicals in the control of parasites was documented in the last few years.…”

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Studies on monieziasis of sheep I. Prevalence and antihelminthic effects of some plant extracts, a light and electron microscopic study

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Out of 2,343 examined sheep throughout the whole year, 271 were found to be infected with tapeworms (11.5%). The highest infection rate (22.1%) was recorded in autumn, while the lowest (6%) occurred in summer. Six species of cestodes were identified according to their prevalence: Moniezia expansa (74%), Moniezia denticulata (8.5%), Moniezia benedeni (4.8%), Moniezia trigonophora (2.7%), and Thysaniezia giardi (2.7%), T. giardi was recorded in Egypt for the first time. M. expansa was found throughout the year with two peaks in January (92.3%) and June (88.5%). SEM examination revealed that M. expansa scolex has four triangular suckers guarded by an X-shaped fibrous band that makes them open permanently. Also, there is a Y-shaped apical part at the scolex center which may be an embryonically non-developed rostellum. The whole worm body surface is covered with unidirectional microtriches. TEM showed that the tegument is underlaid by a thick fibrous interstitial layer below which an outer circular and an inner longitudinal muscular layer are arranged. Beneath these structures the subtegumental cells are found which have spherical electron-dense inclusions and various other cell organelles. Moreover, M. expansa has interproglottidal glands which contain secretory vesicles and secretions. For biological control of this parasite, different concentrations of crude plant extract of Artemisia cina were used in vitro and in vivo. In vitro, the results indicated that the plant extract is efficacious at all concentrations tested. Electron microscopic examination showed that many structures of the treated worms were affected. The most affected sites were the scolex and the microtriches of the outer tegumental surface. In vivo, treatment of heavily infected animals showed an antihelminthic effect, since the complete absence of eggs was recorded 9 days after treatment when fecal investigations were done.

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Studies on monieziasis of sheep I. Prevalence and antihelminthic effects of some plant extracts, a light and electron microscopic study

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“…The fruit of E. schimperi (vernacular name: Shawa makada) has been used in traditional medicine as an anthelminthic against tapeworms. Some benzoquinones including I, and flavanol glycosides have already been reported from the fruit (Manguro Arot and Williams, 1997), and anthelminthic effects were studied in vitro as well as in vivo (Bogh et al, 1996). Compound I is the major constituent with widely reported biological activities such as antimale fertility (Dixit and Bhargava, 1983), antitumour, antiinflammatory and analgesic activities (Chitra et al, 1994).…”

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Inhibitory effects of Sudanese medicinal plant extracts on hepatitis C virus (HCV) protease

Hussein¹,

Miyashiro²,

Nakamura³

et al. 2000

Phytother. Res.

245

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“…(Myrsinaceae), is also a phytochemical constituent of Ardisia japonica and Oxalis erythrorhiza Gillies ex Hooker et Arnott (Oxalidaceae) (Feresin et al, 2003). Embelin exhibits wide range of activities, such as analgesic (Atal et al, 1984), antibacterial (Chitra et al, 2003), anthelmintic (Bøgh et al, 1996), antispermatogenic (Gupta et al, 1989), and its anticancer property has been previously reported against methylcholanthrene-induced fibrosarcoma in albino rats (Chitra et al, 1994). Binding of embelin to the XIAP baculovirus IAP repeat third domain (BIR3) was observed, and subsequently, the interaction between embelin and several crucial residues in the domain was confirmed by NMR analysis (Nikolovska-Coleska et al, 2004).…”

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The genus Ardisia: a novel source of health-promoting compounds and phytopharmaceuticals

Kobayashi

Mejía

2005

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

125

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Anthelmintic usage of extracts of Embelia schimperi from Tanzania

Cited by 36 publications

References 3 publications

Studies on monieziasis of sheep I. Prevalence and antihelminthic effects of some plant extracts, a light and electron microscopic study

Studies on monieziasis of sheep I. Prevalence and antihelminthic effects of some plant extracts, a light and electron microscopic study

Inhibitory effects of Sudanese medicinal plant extracts on hepatitis C virus (HCV) protease

The genus Ardisia: a novel source of health-promoting compounds and phytopharmaceuticals

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