?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=In+vitro+screening+of+six+anthelmintic+plant+products+against+larval+Haemonchus+contortus+with+a+modified+methyl-thiazolyl-tetrazolium+reduction+assay&rft.creator=H%C3%83%C2%B6rdegen%2C+P.&rft.creator=Cabaret%2C+J.&rft.creator=Hertzberg%2C+H.&rft.creator=Langhans%2C+W.&rft.creator=Maurer%2C+V.&rft.subject=+Health+and+welfare&rft.description=Because+of+the+increasing+anthelmintic+resistance+and+the+impact+of+conventional+anthelmintics+on+the+environment%2C+it+is+important+to+look+for+alternative+strategies+against+gastrointestinal+nematodes.+Phytotherapy+could+be+one+of+the+major+options+to+control+these+pathologies.+Extracts+or+ingredients+of+six+different+plant+species+were+tested+against+exsheathed+infective+larvae+of+Haemonchus+contortus+using+a+modified+methyl-thiazolyltetrazolium+(MTT)+reduction+assay.+Pyrantel+tartrate+was+used+as+reference+anthelmintic.+Bromelain%2C+the+enzyme+complex+of+the+stem+of+Ananas+comosus+(Bromeliaceae)%2C+the+ethanolic+extracts+of+seeds+of+Azadirachta+indica+(Meliaceae)%2C+Caesalpinia+crista+(Caesalpiniaceae)+and+Vernonia+anthelmintica+(Asteraceae)%2C+and+the+ethanolic+extracts+of+the+whole+plant+of+Fumaria+parvi%C3%AF%C2%AC%C2%82ora+(Papaveraceae)+and+of+the+fruit+of+Embelia+ribes+(Myrsinaceae)+showed+an+anthelmintic+efficacy+of+up+to+93%25%2C+relative+to+pyrantel+tartrate.+Based+on+these+results+obtained+with+larval+Haemonchus+contortus%2C+the+modified+MTT+reduction+assay+could+be+a+possible+method+for+testing+plant+products+with+anthelmintic+properties.%0D%0A%C3%82%C2%A9+2006+Elsevier+Ireland+Ltd.+All+rights+reserved.&rft.publisher=Elsevier+B.V.&rft.date=2006&rft.type=Journal+paper&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Forgprints.org%2F13306%2F1%2Fhoerdegen-etal-2006-J_Ethnopharmacol..pdf&rft.identifier=H%C3%83%C2%B6rdegen%2C+P.%3B+Cabaret%2C+J.%3B+Hertzberg%2C+H.%3B+Langhans%2C+W.+and+Maurer%2C+V.+(2006)+In+vitro+screening+of+six+anthelmintic+plant+products+against+larval+Haemonchus+contortus+with+a+modified+methyl-thiazolyl-tetrazolium+reduction+assay.+Journal+of+Ethnopharmacology+(108)%2C+pp.+85-89.&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Forgprints.org%2F13306%2F