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Screening of sudanese plants for molluscicidal activity and identification of leaves of Tacca leontopetaloides (L.) O Ktze (Taccaceae) as a potential new exploitable resource
Author(s) -
AbdelAziz Abdallah,
Brain Keith,
Bashir Ahmed K.
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
phytotherapy research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.019
H-Index - 129
eISSN - 1099-1573
pISSN - 0951-418X
DOI - 10.1002/ptr.2650040206
Subject(s) - biology , traditional medicine , molluscicide , botany , identification (biology) , snail , ecology , medicine
Sixty samples of materials implicated in traditional Sudanese medicine, representing 42 plant species, 31 genera and 22 families, were tested for molluscicidal activity. Tacca leontopetaloides (Taccaceae) was identified as a potent material which could be developed as a natural snail control agent. Several active fractions containing steroidal saponins were isolated.