EVALUATION OF ANTHELMINTIC ACTIVITY OF PLUMBAGO ZEYLANICA LINN.
AbstractDevelopment of anthelmintic resistance and high cost of conventional anthelmintic drugs lead to the evaluation of medicinal plants which acts as an alternative source of anthelmintics. The present study has been undertaken to perform the evaluation of anthelmintic activity of Plumbago zeylanica belonging to family Plumbaginaceae. In the current study, experiments were conducted to evaluate the possible anthelminitic effects of various extracts of the roots of Plumbago zeylanica. Various concentrations (5, 10, 15, 20mg/ml) of water and methanol extracts were tested and results were expressed in terms of time for paralysis and time for death of worms. Piperazine citrate was taken as a reference standard drug.The anthelmintic activity was observed by gradually increasing the dose of extract. Methanolic extract of Plumbago zeylenica showed higher activity as compared to water extract.
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H.P. Desai*, M.D. Kapadia and A.R. Kharat
Rofel, Shri G.M. Bilakhia College of Pharmacy, Vapi-396191, Gujarat, India
desaihinal4@gmail.com
12 July, 2012
07 September, 2012
29 October, 2012
http://dx.doi.org/10.13040/IJPSR.0975-8232.3(11).4281-84
01 November,2012
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