EFFECTS OF THREEINDEGENOUS PLANT EXTRACTS AGAINST HELMINTH IN ANIMALDUNG (COW) AT ABBAITORIN ILARO SOUTH, OGUN STATE, NIGERIA.

Adewole Adekanmi   and Abiaziem C. Vivan

Department of Science Lab. Technology

Federal Polytechnic, Ilaro.

email:adewolejak@gmail.com

ABSTRACT

Helminthes are parasitic infections that infect the intestine and the disease is especially prevalent in developing countries including Nigeria. Three indigenous Plants of Caricapapya, Zingiber. officinale and Momordicacharantia were evaluated for their potency to control helminthes in cattle. The extracts of the plants were analyzed for their Phytochemical contents: Alkaloids, Saponin, Terpenoids, Flavonoids and Cardiac glycoside were all present. Further results on the efficacy of the plants extracts shows that all the Plants had anti-helminthic properties at various concentrations of the extracts.

Keywords: Caricapapya, Zingiber. officinale and Momordicacharantia, helminthes.