INVESTIGATIONS OF ANTHELMINTIC ACTIVITY OF AQUEOUS EXTRACT OF THREE MEDICINAL PLANTS OF BANGLADESH
AbstractThe antihelmintic activity of Nigella sativa (family: Ranunculaceae), Lawsonia inermis (family: Lythraceae) and Syzygium cumini (Family: Myrtaceae) 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. Nigella sativa, Lawsonia inermis and Syzygium cumini caused paralysis and death of the earthworms at this concentration in about 7 and 37, 25 and 55 and 61 and 101 min, respectively. However, the extract of Nigella sativa at 100 mg/ml induced paralysis and death at about 7 and 37 min, respectively.
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Md. Al Amin Topu, Mohammad Sarwar, Deepanwita Nath, Md. Sohel Rana and Pritesh Ranjan Dash *
Department of Pharmacy, ASA University Bangladesh, Shyamoli, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
pritesh.asaub.edu.bd
16 December 2025
26 December 2025
30 December 2025
10.13040/IJPSR.0975-8232.IJP.12(12).886-90
31 December 2025
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