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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
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.
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- Annales de Limnologie - International Journal of Limnology , Volume 31 , Issue 4 , December 1995 , pp. 229 - 232
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