Biological and physiological parameters of Bulinus truncatus snails exposed to methanol extract of the plant Sesbania sesban plant英文文献资料.docVIP

Advances in Biological Chemistry, 2011, 1, 65-73 ABC doi:10.4236/abc.2011.13009 Published Online November 2011 (http://www.SciRP.org/journal/abc/). Biological and physiological parameters of Bulinus truncatus snails exposed to methanol extract of the plant Sesbania sesban plant Wafaa Salim Hasheesh 1 , Ragaa Taha Mohamed 2* , Sayed Abd El-Monem 1 1 2 Zoology Department, Faculty of Science, Cairo University, Gizo, Egypt; Zoology Department, Faculty of Science, Fayoum University, Fayyum, Egypt. Email: mragaa11@ * Received 22 August 2011; revised 27 September 2011; accepted 8 October 2011. ABSTRACT Controlling of the snail intermediate hosts of this parasite by molluscicides (synthetic and/or of natural origin) is still one of the most promising means in the battle a- gainst this parasitic disease [3]. The effects of sublethal concentrations of methanol extract of Sesbania sesban plant on survival rate, egg laying of Bulinus truncatus snails, hatchability of their eggs, infection rate with Schistosoma haemato- bium miracidia, cercarial production and certain physiological parameters of treated snails were stu- died. The sublethal concentrations of the tested plant extract (LC0, LC10 and LC25) caused considerable reduction in survival rates; egg production of B. runcates snails; hatchability of eggs as well as in the infectivity of Schistosoma haematobium miracidia to the snail. Also, the tested concentrations reduced the cercarial production per snail and the period of cer- carial shedding. The glucose level in haemolymph of exposed snails was elevated while the glycogen, pro- tein content and the activities of hexokinase (HK), pyruvatekinase (PK) and lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) showed a decrease in soft tissues when compared with the control group. It was concluded that the app lication of sublethal concentration of methanol ex- tracts of Sesania sesban may be h