Abstract:
Antianthelmintic activity of successive extracts (petroleum ether chloroform, acetone and ethanol) of Mimusops elengi bark were evaluated separately on adult Indian earthworm (Pheretima posthuma) and compared with that of albendazole. It was found that the extracts exhibited respectively dose-dependent action and inhibition of spontaneous motility (paralysis) and death of earthworms. The results indicated that the alcoholic and chloroform extracts were more potent.

Keywords: Anthelmintic Activity, Mimusops Elengi, Paralysis and Death, Pheretima Posthuma.