Papaya (Carica papaya L.) is a popular and important fruit tree in tropical and subtropical
parts of the world. The fruit is consumed worldwide as fresh fruit and vegetable or used as …

Papaya (Carica papaya Linn.) is commonly known for its food and nutritional values
throughout the world. The medicinal properties of papaya fruit and other parts of the plant …

Helminth infections are a major cause for reduced productivity in livestock, particularly those
owned by the poor worldwide. Phytomedicine has been used for eons by farmers and …

Abstract Hammond, JA, Fielding, D. and Bishop, SC, 1997. Prospects for plant anthelmintics
in tropical veterinary medicine. Veterinary Research Communications, 21 (3), 213-228 The …

The use of medicinal plants for the prevention and treatment of gastro-intestinal parasitism
has its origin in ethnoveterinary medicine. Although until recently the majority of the …

Alcoholic extracts of four tropical plants (Zanthoxylum zanthoxyloides, Newbouldia laevis,
Morinda lucida and Carica papaya) were screened in vitro for potential anti-parasitic effects …

The purported antiparasitic properties of plant secondary metabolites (PSM) have been the
cause of controversy amongst the scientific community. Despite long-standing knowledge of …

The bioactive compound of leaf and root extracts of Carica papaya was extracted, using
water and organic solvents, and were investigated for antibacterial activity against some …

Gastrointestinal (GI) nematode infections affect 50% of the human population worldwide,
and cause great morbidity as well as hundreds of thousands of deaths. Despite modern …

We examined the mechanism of action and compared the anthelmintic efficacy of cysteine
proteinases from papaya, pineapple, fig, kiwi fruit and Egyptian milkweed in vitro using the …