RT Journal T1 IN VITRO SCREENING OF ZIZIPHUS MAURITIANA AND TERMINALIA ARJUNA FOR THEIR ANTHELMINTIC ACTIVITY A1 A. Hussain A1 M. N. Khan A1 M. S. Sajid A1 Z. Iqbal A1 M. K. Khan A1 R. Z. Abbas A1 M. A. Raza A1 E U. Ghafoor A1 I. Ahmad JF Journal of Animal and Plant Sciences JO JAPS SN 1018-7081 VO 21 IS 4 SP 781 OP 786 YR 2011 FD 2011/08/01 DO DOI NA AB

The present studies have been planned to evaluate ovicidal efficacy of Ziziphus mauritiana and Terminalia arjuna leaves. For this purpose, egg hatch test (EHT) was conducted on nematode ova to investigate the in vitro ovicidal effects of crude aqueous extract (CAE) and crude aqueous methanolic extracts (CAME) of the leaves of the plants. Lethal concentration 50 (LC50) values of CAE and CAME of Ziziphus mauritiana leaves were 0.1773 and 0.6778 while of Terminalia arjuna leaves were 1.502 and 3.002 respectively. This study shows that Ziziphus mauritiana and Terminalia arjuna leaves possess in vitro anthelmintic activity. The study also suggests further large scale pharmacological and toxicological studies for their use in veterinary medicine.

K1 Ziziphus mauritiana; Terminalia arjuna; egg hatch test; Anthelmintic activity; Leaves; Pakistan. PB Pakistan Agricultural Scientists Forum LK https://thejaps.org.pk/AbstractView.aspx?mid=2011-JAPS-401