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Molineria recurvata is a herb (also known as palm grass). This herb is available in the hilly areas of Tripura. The plant is well known for it’s different folk medicines like leaves are used in bone fracture, in wound healing and as analgesic, anthelmintic. It was observed that the people of Tripura especially the Tribes are use the juice of matured leaf in worm. The economic importance of this plant is, fibers that are collected from this plant have been used for different purposes such as making nets, and the fruit is edible. The present study was carry out to evaluate the anthelmintic activity of Molineria recurvata (Family: Hypoxidaceae) leaf extract (Petroleum Ether, Methanol, Aqueous) using Indian earthworm (Pheretima posthuma). All the extracts were found not only to paralysis (vermifuge) but also to kill the earthworms (vermicidal). But the concentration of 40mg/ml leaf extract showed the maximum effect in respect of 20 and 10 mg/ml. The isolation of active constituents those are responsible for different activities are going on in our laboratory.

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Anthelmintic activity Molineria recurvata earthworms Vermifuge Vermicidal

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Dey, P., Debnath, P., & Bhakta, T. (2012). EVALUATION OF ANTHELMINTIC ACTIVITY OF MOLINERIA RECURVATA LEAF EXTRACTS . International Research Journal of Pharmaceutical and Applied Sciences, 2(2), 16-20. Retrieved from https://scienztech.org/index.php/irjpas/article/view/304