Bioactivity Evaluation of Plant Extracts Used in Indigenous Medicine against the Snail, Biomphalaria glabrata, and the Larvae of Aedes aegypti

Table 1

Chemical composition and pharmacological activities of the plants used by the Pankararés, Bahia, northeast Brazil, as repellents or anthelmintics.

Popular name	Family/Species	Part used	Biological activity	Isolated substances	References
Pinhão branco^B	euphorbiaceae/; Jatropha mollissima (Pohl) Baill.	Leaves, stem bark, and roots	Antioxidant	*	[20]
Jurema preta^B	fabaceae/; Mimosa tenuiflora (Willd.) Poir.	Leaves, stem bark, and roots	*	Kukulkanins A and B	[21]
Velame	euphorbiaceae/; Croton moritibensis Baill.	Leaves and aerial parts	*	12-hydroxy-13-methyl-1,8,11,13-podocarpatetraen-3-one, 2-ethoxycarbonyltetrahydroharman and hydroxy-2-methyltetrahydroharman	[22]
Vassourinha^B	plantaginaceae/; Scoparia dulcis L.	Aerial parts	Antidiabetic, antioxidant, cytotoxic, antiulcer, antileishmania, and anti-hyperlipidemic	Scoparic acid D	[23–32]
Pitó^A	sterculiaceae/; Helicteres velutina K. Schum.	Aerial parts	Cytotoxic against various cancer lineages**	Cucurbitacins D and J**	[33]
Mastruz^B	chenopodiaceae/; Chenopodium ambrosioides L.	Aerial parts	Inhibitor of the mitochondrial electron transport chain (toxicity), antiparasitic, antihyperperistalsis, anti-inflammatory, analgesic, antischistosomiasis, antituberculosis, larvicidal, antitumor, and antifungal	Caryophyllene oxide	[34–44].
Catingueira^A,B	fabaceae/; Poincianella pyramidalis (Tul.) L.P. Queiroz	Leaves, stem bark and roots	Antimicrobial, antioxidant and antifungal	4,4′-dihydroxy-2′-methoxy-chalcone	[45–48].
Sambacaitá^B	lamiacae/; Hyptis pectinata L.	Aerial parts	Antimicrobial, antinociceptive, anti-inflammatory, hepatoprotective, antibacterial, and antifungal	Calamusenone-antimicrobial	[49–54].

* No studies were found in the literature; **activity has been described for another species of the same genus; ^Alarvicidal activity; ^Bmolluscicidal activity.