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(Reference retrieved automatically from Web of Science through information on FAPESP grant and its corresponding number as mentioned in the publication by the authors.)

OVICIDAL EFFECT OF PIPERACEAE SPECIES ON Biomphalaria glabrata, Schistosoma mansoni HOST

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Author(s):
Rapado, Ludmila Nakamura [1, 2] ; de Moraes Lopes, Priscila Orechio [2] ; Yamaguchi, Lydia Fumiko [3] ; Nakano, Eliana [2]
Total Authors: 4
Affiliation:
[1] Univ Sao Paulo, Inst Ciencias Biomed, BR-05508 Sao Paulo - Brazil
[2] Inst Butantan, Parasitol Lab, Sao Paulo - Brazil
[3] Univ Sao Paulo, Lab Quim & Prod Nat, Sao Paulo - Brazil
Total Affiliations: 3
Document type: Journal article
Source: Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo; v. 55, n. 6, p. 421-424, NOV-DEC 2013.
Web of Science Citations: 3
Abstract

Schistosomiasis is a neglected disease with public health importance in tropical and subtropical regions. An alternative to the disease control is the use of molluscicides to eliminate or reduce the intermediate host snail population causing a reduction of transmission in endemic regions. In this study nine extracts from eight Piperaceae species were evaluated against Biomphalaria glabrata embryos at blastula stage. The extracts were evaluated in concentrations ranging from 100 to 10 mg/L. Piper crassinervium and Piper tuberculatum extracts were the most active (100% of mortality at 20 mg/L and 30 mg/L respectively). (AU)