In vitro screening of two Nigerian medicinal plants (Vernonia amygdalina and Annona senegalensis) for anthelmintic activity

Authors :: Dwight D. Bowman
N. P. Chiezey
O.J. Ajanusi
C. B. I. Alawa
A. M. Adamu
Paul Ayuba Abdu
Judith Nkiruka Alawa
J. O. Gefu
Source :: Veterinary Parasitology. 113:73-81
Publication Year :: 2003
Publisher :: Elsevier BV, 2003.
Abstract: Vernonia amygdalina and Annona senegalensis, two plants used by local/smallholder livestock farmers in Nigeria as anthelmintic were screened for in vitro anthelmintic activity using Haemonchus contortus eggs. The extract of V. amygdalina did not show any significant activity at concentrations up to 11.2mg/ml. The extract of A. senegalensis showed significant (P

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