@article{ajps2016412,
author={ADOUM, O. A.},
title={Screening of Medicinal Plants Native To Kano and Jigawa States of Northern Nigeria, Using <i>Artemia</i><i> </i><i>Cysts</i> (Brine Shrimp Test)},
journal={American Journal of Pharmacological Sciences},
volume={4},
number={1},
pages={7--10},
year={2016},
url={http://pubs.sciepub.com/ajps/4/1/2},
issn={2327-672X},
abstract={Eleven plant species belonging to 9 families were selected in this study on the basis of their uses in Hausa folk medicine. Extracts prepared from the plans were solvent partitioned and screened for activity in the brine shrimp (<i>Artemia cysts</i>) lethality test (BST). All the leaves extracts of <i>Cassia</i> <i>singueana</i> exhibited very high toxicity in brine shrimp test (BST) at LC<SUB>50</SUB> values less than 11¦Ìg/ml. Some extracts of <i>Commiphra</i> <i>kerstingi</i>, <i>Jatropha</i> <i>curcas</i>, <i>Erythrina</i> <i>senegalensi</i><i>s</i> and <i>Securidaca</i> <i>longepedunculata</i> have showed remarkable toxicity in BST at LC<SUB>50</SUB> values range between 4.5 - 367 ¦Ì<i>g/ml</i><i>.</i><i> </i>Only <i>Diospyros</i> <i>mespiliformis</i> (Ebenaceae) showed very low brine shrimp lethality at LC<SUB>50</SUB> > 1000 ¦Ìg/ml. The lethal concentration (LC<SUB>50</SUB>) were determined at 95% confidence intervals by analyzing the data on a computer loaded with "Finney Programme."},
doi={10.12691/ajps-4-1-2}
publisher={Science and Education Publishing}
}