Herbal anthelmintic agents: a narrative review.

Helminths or Parasitic worms of humans may cause chronic and sometimes deadly diseases, considered as neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) that infect around two billion people worldwide. Plants have been used as anthelmintics from ancient times. This review is a compilation of plants as source of anthelmintic drug. All information presented in this review article regarding the anthelmintic activities of plants from 2005 and has been acquired by approaching various electronic databases, including Scopus, Google scholar, Web of science and PubMed. Literature was surveyed for anthelmintic activity of plants which showed that secondary metabolites of plants like terpenes, glycosides, saponins, flavonoids, tannins and alkaloids were having anthelmintic activity. Since this review is a compilation of anthelmintic activity of plants from the year 2005, it will definitely be a fruitful study for researchers working in this field.