Fouché, GerdaEloff, JNWellington, Kevin W2018-07-092018-07-092017Fouché, G., Eloff, J.N. and Wellington, Kevin, W. 2017. Evaluation of South African plants with acaricide activity against ticks. International Journal of Pharmacological and Pharmaceutical Sciences, vol. 11(6): 381-3852394-613Xhttps://waset.org/Publications/evaluation-of-south-african-plants-with-acaricide-activity-against-ticks/10007717https://waset.org/publications/10007717/evaluation-of-south-african-plants-with-acaricide-activity-against-tickshttp://hdl.handle.net/10204/10294This is an Open Access article.Acaricides are commonly used to control ticks but are toxic, harmful to the environment and too expensive to resource-limited farmers. Traditionally, many communities in South Africa rely on a wide range of indigenous practices to keep their livestock healthy. One of these health care practices includes the use of medicinal plants and this offers an alternative to conventional medicine. An investigation was conducted at the CSIR in South Africa, and selected indigenous plants used in communities were scientifically evaluated for the management of ticks in animals. 17 plants were selected from 239 plants used traditionally in South Africa. Two different organic extracts were prepared from the 17 samples, resulting in 34 plant samples. These were tested for efficacy against two tick species, namely Rhipicephalus microplus and Rhipicephalus turanicus. The plant extracts were also screened against Vero cells and most were found to have low cytotoxicity. This study has shown that there is potential for the development of botanicals as natural acaricides against ticks that are non-toxic and environmentally benign.enRhipicephalus microplusRhipicephalu turanicusTicksPlant extractsArticleFouché, G., Eloff, J., & Wellington, K. W. (2017). Evaluation of South African plants with acaricide activity against ticks. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/10294Fouché, Gerda, JN Eloff, and Kevin W Wellington "Evaluation of South African plants with acaricide activity against ticks." (2017) http://hdl.handle.net/10204/10294Fouché G, Eloff J, Wellington KW. Evaluation of South African plants with acaricide activity against ticks. 2017; http://hdl.handle.net/10204/10294.TY - Article AU - Fouché, Gerda AU - Eloff, JN AU - Wellington, Kevin W AB - Acaricides are commonly used to control ticks but are toxic, harmful to the environment and too expensive to resource-limited farmers. Traditionally, many communities in South Africa rely on a wide range of indigenous practices to keep their livestock healthy. One of these health care practices includes the use of medicinal plants and this offers an alternative to conventional medicine. An investigation was conducted at the CSIR in South Africa, and selected indigenous plants used in communities were scientifically evaluated for the management of ticks in animals. 17 plants were selected from 239 plants used traditionally in South Africa. Two different organic extracts were prepared from the 17 samples, resulting in 34 plant samples. These were tested for efficacy against two tick species, namely Rhipicephalus microplus and Rhipicephalus turanicus. The plant extracts were also screened against Vero cells and most were found to have low cytotoxicity. This study has shown that there is potential for the development of botanicals as natural acaricides against ticks that are non-toxic and environmentally benign. DA - 2017 DB - ResearchSpace DP - CSIR KW - Rhipicephalus microplus KW - Rhipicephalu turanicus KW - Ticks KW - Plant extracts LK - https://researchspace.csir.co.za PY - 2017 SM - 2394-613X T1 - Evaluation of South African plants with acaricide activity against ticks TI - Evaluation of South African plants with acaricide activity against ticks UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10204/10294 ER -