Open AccessTítulo en español
Author(s) -
Arnaldo Alzérreca,
Bolívar Arboleda,
Georgina Hart
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
the journal of agriculture of the university of puerto rico/the journal of agriculture of the university of puerto rico
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2308-1759
pISSN - 0041-994X
DOI - 10.46429/jaupr.v65i1.7565
Subject(s) - biology
The progressive increase of bovine fascioliasis in Puerto Rico demands the control of the population of the intermediate snail host. This report deals with preliminary results of the effect of extracts of Solanum mammosum fruits on Lymnaea cubensis snails. The methanolic crude extract shows 95% molluscicidal activity at 25 p/m. One component of the active extract was identified as solasod-5-en-3ß-ol (solasodine).