📚 Volume 26, Issue 2
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Authors
CHABI L, BEKHAKHECHE M, HABBACHI S; BENHISSEN S, HABBACHI W, TAHRAOUI A
1 Faculty of Science of Nature and Life and Earth Sciences. BP455 University of Ghardaia, Trans-Sahara Hwy, Bounoura 47000 Ghardaia (Algeria). 2 Laboratory of Applied Neuroendocrinology. Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Badji Mokhtar University
Abstract
The colocynth or Citrullus colocynthis, is a spontaneous plant around the Mediterranean and steppe (arid) areas of Africa and Asia is very common in the Sahara and widely used in traditional medicine.\nIn this paper, the direct toxic effects of C. colocynthis ethanolic extracts on Drosophila melanogaster (laboratory model insect) have been investigated. The concentrations of C. colocynthis seed extracts (0.25 μg / ml, 0.5 μg / ml, 1 μg / ml, 2 μg / ml, 3 μg / ml and 5 μg / ml) cause mortality rates up to 80% for average concentrations. High concentrations, on the other hand, cause rapid development of larvae that reach adult stages in less than 10 days.\nKey words: Citrullus colocynthis, Drosophila melanogaster, toxicity, mortality.
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CHABI L, BEKHAKHECHE M, HABBACHI S; BENHISSEN S, HABBACHI W, TAHRAOUI A (2019).
"Evaluation of direct toxic effects of Citrullus Colocynthis (Cucurbitaceae) ethanolic extracts against fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster".
Wulfenia, 26(2).
