Plant molluscicides: potential of aridan, Tetrapleura tetraptera, for schistosomiasis control in nigeria

摘要: Molluscicides are crucial for the control of schistosomiasis. The need to use plant molluscicides has received increased interest as an inexpensive technology because high cost synthetic compounds snail in endemic areas poor nations world. Laboratory screening Nigerian medicinal plants shown that some these contain chemicals which among most potent natural available today. Field trials have been carried out on Tetrapleura tetraptera, locally known Aridan, is widely distributed West Africa and can be collected processed Research efforts identifying botanical molluscicides, such should encouraged by strong support, both from Government private sector, a current period economic depression.