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Cyclamin, a new Molluscicide from the tubers of Cyclamenpurpurascens Mill. tested against the snail Biomphalaria glabrata (Say)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 February 2009

O. Winder ,
C. Friedrich ,
N. D. Jumbam ,
H. Griengl  and
T. Kartnig
O. Winder
Affiliation:
Institut für Organische Chemie der Technischen Universität Graz, Stremayrgasse 16, A-8010 Graz, Austria
C. Friedrich
Affiliation:
Institut für Organische Chemie der Technischen Universität Graz, Stremayrgasse 16, A-8010 Graz, Austria
N. D. Jumbam
Affiliation:
Institut für Organische Chemie der Technischen Universität Graz, Stremayrgasse 16, A-8010 Graz, Austria
H. Griengl
Affiliation:
Institut für Organische Chemie der Technischen Universität Graz, Stremayrgasse 16, A-8010 Graz, Austria
T. Kartnig
Affiliation:
Institut für Pharmakognosie der Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz, Universitätsplatz 4, A-8010 Graz, Austria
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Abstract

Cyclamin, a monodesmosidic triterpenoid saponin isolated from the tubers of Cyclamen purpurascens Mill. was found to possess molluscicidal activity against the schistosomiasis-transmitting snail Biomphalaria glabrata (Say). The lowest concentration showing 100 % mortality to snails was 21 mg/l. The haemolytic activity and the molluscicidal potency of cyclamin were comparedwith those of primulic acid with the result that high haemolytic activity will not automatically imply a strong molluscicidalpotency.

Keywords

biomphalaria glabratacyclamen purpurascenscyclaminmolluscicidesaponinschistosomiasisbiomphalaria glabratacyclamen purpurascenscyclaminemollusquicidesaponineschistosomiase
Type
Research Article
Information
Annales de Limnologie - International Journal of Limnology , Volume 31 , Issue 4 , December 1995 , pp. 229 - 232
Copyright
© Gauthier-Villars, 1995

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