Phytochemistryical & Anthelmintic Studies on Blumea Lacera

Abstract

Purpose – The burden of ill health due to anthelmintic infection increasing day by day, in addition to this present anthelmintics are suffering from the problems of resistance and side effects, so it is strictly recommended to find out the anthelmintic drug with assured safety and less chances of resistance. Ayurweda is considered as one of the safest system of medicine and number of plant has reported for anthelmintic use, but activity of those plants is not proved scientifically in case of number of plants. Present study is based on the same objective so as to make an attempt to find out, to evaluate and to prove the anthelmintic activity of ayurvedic plant Blumea lacera scientifically. Methods - Extraction was made by soxhelation and maceration for extraction of alcoholic and aqueous extract respectively, freshly prepared extract was first used for preliminary phytochmical investigation then screened for in-vitro anthelmintic activity against Ascaris lumbricoides and Pheritema postuma by using piperazine citrate as standard. Results and Conclusions – The results of study found that the plant Blumea lacera possess good anthelmintic activity in dose dependent manner. © 2011 IGJPS. All rights reserved