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Molluscicidal and ovicidal activities of plant extracts of the Piperaceae on Biomphalaria glabrata (Say, 1818)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 May 2010

L.N. Rapado*
Affiliation:
Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas, Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil Lab. Parasitologia e Malacologia, Instituto Butantan, São Paulo, Brazil
E. Nakano
Affiliation:
Lab. Parasitologia e Malacologia, Instituto Butantan, São Paulo, Brazil
F.P. Ohlweiler
Affiliation:
Superintendência de Controle de Endemias (SUCEN), São Paulo, Brazil
M.J. Kato
Affiliation:
Lab. Química de Produtos Naturais, Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil
L.F. Yamaguchi
Affiliation:
Lab. Química de Produtos Naturais, Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil
C.A.B. Pereira
Affiliation:
Depto de Estatística, Núcleo de Bioinformática, Instituto de Matemática, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
T. Kawano
Affiliation:
Lab. Parasitologia e Malacologia, Instituto Butantan, São Paulo, Brazil
*

Abstract

Schistosomiasis is a tropical disease caused by Schistosoma and occurs in 54 countries, mainly in South America, the Caribbean region, Africa and the eastern Mediterranean. Currently, 5 to 6 million Brazilian people are infected and 30,000 are under infection risk. Typical of poor regions, this disease is associated with the lack of basic sanitation and very frequently to the use of contaminated water in agriculture, housework and leisure. One of the most efficient methods of controlling the disease is application of molluscicides to eliminate or to reduce the population of the intermediate host snail Biomphalaria glabrata. Studies on molluscicidal activity of plant extracts have been stimulated by issues such as environmental preservation, high cost and recurrent resistance of snails to synthetic molluscicides. The aim of this study was to determine the molluscicide action of extracts from Piperaceae species on adult and embryonic stages of B. glabrata. Fifteen extracts from 13 Piperaceae species were obtained from stems, leaves and roots. Toxicity of extracts was evaluated against snails at two different concentrations (500 and 100 ppm) and those causing 100% mortality at 100 ppm concentration were selected to obtain the LC90 (lethal concentration of 90% mortality). Piper aduncum, P. crassinervium, P. cuyabanum, P. diospyrifolium and P. hostmannianum gave 100% mortality of adult snails at concentrations ranging from 10 to 60 ppm. These extracts were also assayed on embryonic stages of B. glabrata and those from P. cuyabanum and P. hostmannianum showed 100% ovicidal action at 20 ppm.

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