Antiparasitic activity of the medicinal plant Dillenia suffruticosa against the marine leech Zeylanicobdella arugamensis (Hirudinea) and its phytochemical composition

• Main Authors: Muhammad Dawood Shah, Balu Alagar Venmathi Maran, Mohammad Iqbal, Ching, Fui Fui, Mohammad Tamrin Mohamad Lal, Rafidah Binti Othman, Rossita Shapawi
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: S Agriculture (General); SB Plant culture
• Online Access: https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/25416/1/Antiparasitic%20activity%20of%20the%20medicinal%20plant%C2%A0Dillenia%20suffruticosa%C2%A0against%20the%20marine%20leech%C2%A0Zeylanicobdella%20arugamensis%C2%A0%28Hirudinea%29%20and%20its%20phytochemical%20composition.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/25416/2/Antiparasitic%20activity%20of%20the%20medicinal%20plant%C2%A0Dillenia%20suffruticosa%C2%A0against%20the%20marine%20leech%C2%A0Zeylanicobdella%20arugamensis%C2%A0%28Hirudinea%29%20and%20its%20phytochemical%20composition%201.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/25416/; https://doi.org/10.1111/are.14367

Zeylanicobdella arugamensis (Annelida: Hirudinea), a marine parasitic leech, is currently affecting different species of cultured groupers, hybrid groupers, snappers and sea bass in Malaysia. Dillenia suffruticosa (Dilleniaceae), a medicinal plant found in Sabah, has been selected in our experiment...