Screening of Mediterranean Rosaceae plants for their molluscicidal and piscicidal activities

Extracts of increasing polarity of 13 plants belonging to Mediterranean Ros aceae were tested for possible lethal toxicity against Biomphalaria glabrat a Say, a snail intermediate host of Schistosoma mansoni Sambon, Due to the search far compounds without toxicity in nontarget organisms, principally f ish and humans, the piscicidal toxicity of the active extracts was also eva luated, Copyright (C) 2000 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.