Preliminary report on the molluscicidal properties of habat el-mollak, Jatropha sp

Amin, M.A.; Daffala, A.A.; el-Moneim, O.A.; Amin, M.A; Daffala, A.A; el-Moneim, O.A

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Preliminary report on the molluscicidal properties of habat el-mollak, Jatropha sp

Amin, M.A.; Daffala, A.A.; el-Moneim, O.A.

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 66(5): 805-806

1972

ISSN/ISBN: 0035-9203

PMID: 4647659

Document Number: 53954

Crude ground seeds of Jatropha sp. were found to have molluscicidal properties. In the Sudan, the LC100 after 24 hours exposure was 2 ppm for Bulinus truncatus and 50 ppm for Biomphalaria pfeifferi. Of various extracts tested, the methanol extract was highly potent against both snails.