ANTHELMINTIC ACTIVITY STUDIES ON PHERETIMA POSTHUMA WITH Cycas beddomei Dyer. LEAF, BARK, AND MALE CONE EXTRACTS

10.22376/ijpbs.2019.10.1.p1-12

Volume 4 Issue 2 2013 (April - June) ANTHELMINTIC ACTIVITY STUDIES ON PHERETIMA POSTHUMA WITH Cycas beddomei Dyer. LEAF, BARK, AND MALE CONE EXTRACTS The aim of present study is to evaluate the anthelmintic potential of aqueous, alcoholic and methanolic extracts of lessThan i greaterThan Cycas beddomei lessThan /i greaterThan against lessThan i greaterThan Pheretima posthuma lessThan /i greaterThan as test worms which determined the Time of Paralysis (T.P) and Time of Death (T.D) of the worms. The results indicated that the Leaf and Male cone extracts show high anthelmintic activity than bark extracts. All the three parts show good anthelmintic activity than the standard drug lessThan i greaterThan Albendazole lessThan /i greaterThan . Herbal usage of the plant drug lessThan i greaterThan C.beddomei lessThan /i greaterThan as an anthelmintic has been confirmed. Pith and Female cones doesn't show any anthelmentic activity. C. ALEKHYA N. YASODAMMA AND D. CHAITHRA Anthelmintic activity, Cycas beddomei, Pheretima posthuma, Albendazole, Herbal usage, Medicament activity. 34-38