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. 1992 Jul-Dec;12(1-2):271–273.

ANTI-PARASITIC ACTIVITY OF CERTAIN INDIGEOUS PLANTS

Annie Mathai 1, KS Devi 1
PMCID: PMC3336618  PMID: 22556601

Abstract

The antiparasitic activity of certain indigenous plant extracts was tested against the model bovine filarial parasite Setaria digitata. Among the plants tested, the extracts of Strebulus asper was found to be most effective. The chloroform and other phase of the organic solvents showed most activity indicating that the active compound may be a non polar substance having low molecular weight.

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