Effect of plant extracts on Biomphalaria glabrata, vector of schistosomiasis, and on Schistosoma mansoni

• Grant number: 06/56216-8
• Support type: Regular Research Grants
• Duration: January 01, 2007 - December 31, 2008
• Field of knowledge: Biological Sciences - Parasitology - Entomology and Malacology of Parasites and Vectors
• Principal Investigator: Toshie Kawano
• Grantee: Toshie Kawano
• Home Institution: Instituto Butantan. Secretaria da Saúde (São Paulo - Estado). São Paulo , SP, Brazil

Abstract

The use of plant extracts has been encouraged due to their less harmful effect to the environment than the synthetic molluscicides so far available. Among our results, we have detected considerable activity in several plant extracts such as tomato plant Lycopersicon esculentum (Leyton, 1990), Laurus nobilis (Ré, 1990), Gomphrena macrocephala (Yamamoto et al., 1996, Young et al., 1997) and also from extracts of Piper tuberculatum. This last results was obtained by means of bioprospecting over 60 extracts from Piperaceae species in collaborative project with the Laboratory of Natural Product Chemistry at University of São Paulo. In this case the activity of the crude extract was quite high and the dereplication biomonitored yielded two amides which are now under detailed investigation. Thus, the major focus of this proposal is to investigate further Piperaceae species and other plant extract available in the current program RedeBio in order to find analog compounds with similar activity looking for molluscicide and antischistosomal candidate. (AU)

Scientific publications

(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

DE MORAES, JOSUE; ALMEIDA, ANTONIA A. C.; BRITO, MARIA R. M.; MARQUES, THIAGO H. C.; LIMA, TAMIRES C.; DE SOUSA, DAMIAO P.; NAKANO, ELIANA; MENDONCA, RONALDO Z.; FREITAS, RIVELILSON M. Anthelmintic Activity of the Natural Compound (+)-Limonene Epoxide against Schistosoma mansoni. Planta Medica, v. 79, n. 3-4, p. 253-258, MAR 2013. Web of Science Citations: 24.

DE MORAES, JOSUE; LEITE CARVALHO, ALINE A.; NAKANO, ELIANA; CARDOSO DE ALMEIDA, ANTONIA AMANDA; DA COSTA MARQUES, THIAGO HENRIQUE; ANDRADE, LUCIANA NALONE; DE FREITAS, RIVELILSON MENDES; DE SOUSA, DAMIAO PERGENTINO. Anthelmintic activity of carvacryl acetate against Schistosoma mansoni. Parasitology Research, v. 112, n. 2, p. 603-610, FEB 2013. Web of Science Citations: 29.

DE MORAES, J.; KEISER, J.; INGRAM, K.; NASCIMENTO, C.; YAMAGUCHI, L. F.; BITTENCOURT, C. R.; BEMQUERER, M. P.; LEITE, J. R.; KATO, M. J.; NAKANO, E. In Vitro Synergistic Interaction Between Amide Piplartine and Antimicrobial Peptide Dermaseptin Against Schistosoma mansoni Schistosomula and Adult Worms. Current Medicinal Chemistry, v. 20, n. 2, p. 301-309, JAN 2013. Web of Science Citations: 23.