EFFECT OF SOAPBERRY PAULLINIA CLAVIGERA (SAPINDACEAE) ON HATCHABILITY OF FASCIOLA HEPATICA EGGS

• Autores: Iannacone, Jose, Alvariño, Lorena, Pérez, Diana
• Formato: artículo
• Fecha de Publicación: 2008
• Institución: Universidad Nacional Federico Villarreal
• Repositorio: Revistas - Universidad Nacional Federico Villarreal
• Lenguaje: español
• OAI Identifier: oai:ojs2.revistas.unfv.edu.pe:article/1137
• Enlace del recurso: https://revistas.unfv.edu.pe/NH/article/view/1137
• Nivel de acceso: acceso abierto
• Materia: bioassay; eggs; Fasciola; hatchability; Paullinia; phytochemical screening; bioensayo; eclosión; huevos; tamizaje fitoquímico

Employment of plant extracts represent an alternative to integrated parasite management in Public health, due to its low cost and low impact on environment to conserve biodiversity. Current research aims to determinate the effect of Amazonian plant soapberry Paullinia clavigera Simpson (Sapindaceae) on hatchability of Fasciola hepatica L. (Trematoda: Fasciolidae) eggs. Eggs were obtained from cattleprocessed at the Yerbateros abattoir, Lima, Peru. A phytochemical screening was done and hexane,chloroform and hydroalcohol extracts of cortex and leaves of P. clavigera were prepared. Bioassays todeterminate the effect of soapberry on hatchability of eggs were performed; those were incubated on extracts at 22°±2ºC during 21 days and finally exposed to light for 12 h. Significant differences between number of F. hepatica eggs exposed to each concentration in bioassays did not exist. The hatching of F. hepatica eggs was only affected by hexane extract of the cortex of P. clavigera to two higher concentrations. Toxicity observed on hexane extract of cortex of P. clavigera was noted in the presence of triterpenes, flavonoids and quinones.