WATER-BASED EXTRACTS FROM A VARIETY OF BANGLADESHI MEDICINAL PLANTS AND THEIR ANTIHELMINTIC EFFECTS
AbstractThe antihelmintic activity of Causonis trifolia (Family: Vitaceae), Alstonia scholaris (Family: Apocynaceae), Trewia nudiflora (Family: Euphorbiaceae), Echinochloa crus-galli (Family: Poaceae), Cynodon dactylon (Family: Poaceae), Clerodendrum viscosum (Family: Lamiaceae) sometimes Verbenaceae, Aegle marmelos (Family: Rutaceae), Mentha australis (Australian mint) (Family: Lamiaceae) was studied against adult earthworms (Pheretima posthuma). The extract showed anthelmintic activity at the doses of 25 mg/ml, 50 mg/ml, and 100 mg/ml, although the reference standard used was albendazole (10 mg/ml). But the 100 mg/ml had the higher strong anthelmintic effect. Causonis trifolia, Alstonia scholaris, Trewia nudiflora, Echinochloa crus-galli, Cynodon dactylon, Clerodendrum viscosum, Aegle marmelos, and Australian mint caused paralysis and death of the earthworms at this concentration in about 88 min and 229min, 423min and 461min, 247min and 319min, 468min and 540 min, 440 min and 520 min, 61 min and 215 min, 270 min and 346 min, 328 min and 366 min, respectively. However, the extract of Clerodendrum viscosum at 100 mg/ml induced paralysis and death at about 61 min and 215 min, respectively.
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Abdullah Al Shahrukh, Nafisa Binte Showkat, Md. Shahidul Bashar, Md. Al Amin Topu, Mohammad Sarwar, Md. Sohel Rana and Pritesh Ranjan Dash *
Department of Pharmacy, ASA University Bangladesh, Shyamoli, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
pritesh.ju@gmail.com
26 March 2026
13 April 2026
19 April 2026
10.13040/IJPSR.0975-8232.IJP.13(4).306-10
30 April 2026
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