Screening of Panamanian Plants for Molluscicidal Activity

Andrew Marston Institut de Pharmacognosie, Section de Pharmacie, Universite de Lausanne, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland

Guy Dudan Institut de Pharmacognosie, Section de Pharmacie, Universite de Lausanne, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland

Mahabir P Gupta Research Center for Pharmacognostic Study of Panamanian Flora (CIFLORPAN), School of Pharmacy, University of Panama, Apartado 10767, Estafeta Universitaria, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panama, Republic of Panama

Pablo N Solis Research Center for Pharmacognostic Study of Panamanian Flora (CIFLORPAN), School of Pharmacy, University of Panama, Apartado 10767, Estafeta Universitaria, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panama, Republic of Panama

Mireya D Correa Herbarium of the University of Panama, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panama, Republic of Panama

Kurt Hostettmann Institut de Pharmacognosie, Section de Pharmacie, Universite de Lausanne, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland

Abstract

A total of 153 crude extracts of Panamanian plants (28 species from 21 families) have been screened for molluscicidal activity against Biomphalaria glabrata, one of the intermediate hosts of schistosomiasis. When tested at 400 ppm, 15 extracts were active. The most potent of these came from Cyperus luzulae (Cyperaceae) and Hymenaea courbaril (Leguminosae).

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