Journal of
Medicinal Plants Research

  • Abbreviation: J. Med. Plants Res.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 1996-0875
  • DOI: 10.5897/JMPR
  • Start Year: 2007
  • Published Articles: 3830

Full Length Research Paper

Nematicidal potential of Impatiens bicolor Royle

Mughal Qayum1*, Muhammad Nisar2, Barkat Ali Khan3, Mussarat Akhtar4, Waqar Ahmad Kaleem1, Muhammad Imran Khan1, Tariq Mahmood3, Shakir Ahmad Shahid5 and M. Zia-Ul-Haq6
1Department of Pharmacy, University of Peshawar, Peshawar-25120, Pakistan. 2Institute of Chemical Sciences, University of Peshawar, Peshawar-25120, Pakistan. 3Faculty of Pharmacy and alternative medicine, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur-63100, Pakistan. 4Food and Marine Resources Research Center, PCSIR Labs Complex, Karachi-75280, Pakistan. 5Department of Chemistry, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan 60800, Pakistan. 6Research Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Department of Pharmacognosy, University of Karachi, Karachi-75270, Pakistan.
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  •  Accepted: 04 July 2011
  •  Published: 30 September 2011

Abstract

This study was designed to evaluate the nematicidal effects of Impatiens bicolor Royle extracted with various solvent systems to explore its potential use in agriculture as pesticide. Extracts of I. bicolor Royle obtained from n-hexane (A), dichloromethane (B), ethyl acetate (C), n-butanol (D), aqueous (E) fractions as well as crude (F) were tested in vitro for their nematicidal activities against Cephalobus litoralis, Helicotylenchus indicus, Meloidogyne javanica and Meloidogyne incognita. All fractions as well as crude extract showed toxicity in a dose and time dependent manner. Ethyl acetate fraction however showed more potent nematicidal effects.

 

Key words: Impatiens bicolor Royle, nemacitidal, pesticide.

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