ABSTRACT

Water and ethanolic extracts of Dolichondrone falcata (Seem) were evaluated for their anthelmintic activity using Indian mature earthworm called Pheretima posthuma. Various concentrations of water and ethanolic extract ranging from 10 to 100 mg/ml were made and tested on said earthworm. The bioassays were tested for these extracts which include time for paralysis and time for death of the worms. Water as well as ethanolic extract revealed good anthelmintic activity at concentration of 100 mg/ml. Lower concentrations did not produced any significant anthelmintic activity. The standard reference drug used is piperazine citrate at concentration of 10 mg/ml for comparing anthelmintic activity of these extracts. Keywords: Pheretima posthuma, Dolichondrone falcata (Seem), Extraction, Anthelmintic activity, piperazine citrate etc.
Publication date: 01/10/2021

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https://doi.org/10.31032/IJBPAS/2021/10.10.1028