Authors : K N Sahare
Page Nos : 130-136
Description :
Filariaisis is important health problem in tropical areas. Adult parasite exists for many years in filarial patient, producing microfilariae and thus make easy to transmit disease through the mosquito vector. It is a nematode borne disease, include microfilariamia, pulmonary eosinophilia and elephantiasis etc. DEC is popular drug for treatment of filariasis, which cause side effect to patient. So, effective and safe drug is needed against adult parasite. Since few decades various researchers have made effort to identify the anti-filaral potential of various medicinal plants on filarial parasite and many of them have identified significant activity. This review represents the anti-filarial potential of some medicinal plants.
