Adewunmi C O
Drug Research and Production Unit, Faculty of Pharmacy, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria.
Sci Total Environ. 1991 Feb;102:21-33. doi: 10.1016/0048-9697(91)90306-y.
Molluscicides are crucial for the control of schistosomiasis. The need to use plant molluscicides has received increased interest as an inexpensive technology because of the high cost of synthetic compounds for snail control in the endemic areas of poor nations of the world. Laboratory screening of Nigerian medicinal plants has shown that some of these contain chemicals which are among the most potent natural molluscicides available today. Field trials have been carried out on Tetrapleura tetraptera, locally known as Aridan, which is widely distributed in West Africa and can be collected and processed locally for the control of schistosomiasis. Research efforts in identifying botanical molluscicides, such as Aridan, should be encouraged by strong support, both from the Government and the private sector, in a current period of economic depression.
杀螺剂对于控制血吸虫病至关重要。由于在世界贫困国家的流行地区使用合成化合物控制钉螺成本高昂，使用植物杀螺剂作为一种廉价技术受到了越来越多的关注。对尼日利亚药用植物的实验室筛选表明，其中一些植物含有当今最有效的天然杀螺剂中的化学物质。已经对当地称为阿里丹的四翅四棱豆进行了田间试验，这种植物在西非广泛分布，可以在当地收集和加工以控制血吸虫病。在当前经济低迷时期，政府和私营部门都应大力支持，鼓励开展识别诸如阿里丹等植物杀螺剂的研究工作。
