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- Title
Moringa oleifera as a Natural Alternative for the Control of Gastrointestinal Parasites in Equines: A Review.
- Authors
Elghandour, Mona Mohamed Mohamed Yasseen; Maggiolino, Aristide; Vázquez-Mendoza, Paulina; Alvarado-Ramírez, Edwin Rafael; Cedillo-Monroy, José; De Palo, Pasquale; Salem, Abdelfattah Zeidan Mohamed
- Abstract
Studies have shown a wide variety of parasites that infect horses, causing major gastrointestinal damage that can lead to death, and although the main method of control has been synthetic anthelmintics, there are parasites that have developed resistance to these drugs. For generations, plants have been used throughout the world as a cure or treatment for countless diseases and their symptoms, as is the case of Moringa oleifera, a plant native to the western region. In all its organs, mainly in leaves, M. oleifera presents a diversity of bioactive compounds, including flavonoids, tannins, phenolic acids, saponins, and vitamins, which provide antioxidant power to the plant. The compounds with the greatest antiparasitic activity are tannins and saponins, and they affect both the larvae and the oocytes of various equine gastrointestinal parasites. Therefore, M. oleifera is a promising source for the natural control of gastrointestinal parasites in horses.
- Subjects
MORINGA oleifera; TANNINS; PARASITES; HAEMONCHUS contortus; DRUG resistance; PHENOLIC acids; BIOACTIVE compounds
- Publication
Plants (2223-7747), 2023, Vol 12, Issue 9, p1921
- ISSN
2223-7747
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/plants12091921