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The anthelmintic efficacy of natural plant cysteine proteinases against the equine tapeworm, Anoplocephala perfoliatain vitro

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 September 2015

F. Mansur ,
W. Luoga ,
D.J. Buttle ,
I.R. Duce ,
A.E. Lowe  and
J.M. Behnke
F. Mansur
Affiliation:
School of Life Sciences, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham, NG7 2RD, UK Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia (USIM), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
W. Luoga
Affiliation:
School of Life Sciences, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham, NG7 2RD, UK Department of Life Sciences, Mkwawa University College of Education, Iringa, Tanzania
D.J. Buttle
Affiliation:
Department of Infection and Immunity, University of Sheffield Medical School, Beech Hill Road, Sheffield, S10 2RX, UK
I.R. Duce
Affiliation:
School of Life Sciences, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham, NG7 2RD, UK
A.E. Lowe
Affiliation:
School of Life Sciences, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham, NG7 2RD, UK
J.M. Behnke*
Affiliation:
School of Life Sciences, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham, NG7 2RD, UK
*
*Fax: 44 115 951 3251 E-mail: jerzy.behnke@nottingham.ac.uk
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Abstract

Papaya latex has been demonstrated to be an efficacious anthelmintic against murine, porcine, ovine and canine nematode parasites, and even those infecting poultry, and it has some efficacy against rodent cestodes. The active ingredients of papaya latex are known to be cysteine proteinases (CPs). The experiments described in this paper indicate that CPs in papaya latex, and also those in pineapples, are highly efficacious against the equine cestode Anoplocephala perfoliatain vitro, by causing a significant reduction in motility leading to death of the worms. The susceptibility of A. perfoliata to damage by CPs was considerably greater than that of the rodent cestodes Hymenolepis diminuta and H. microstoma. Our results are the first to report anthelmintic efficacy of CPs against an economically important equine helminth. Moreover, they provide further evidence that the spectrum of activity of CPs is not restricted to nematodes and support the idea that these plant-derived enzymes can be developed into useful broad-spectrum anthelmintics.

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Journal of Helminthology , Volume 90 , Issue 5 , September 2016 , pp. 561 - 568
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2015 

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