but the anthelmintic activity of the bark extracts of Tamarindus indica has not been evaluated. The anthelmintic activity of leaves has been reported by Sampat et al. Tamarindus indica is a tree belonging to the family Caesalpiniaceae whose different parts are used as traditional medicine as analgesic, antiinflammatory, diuretic, febrifuge, and anthelmintic, antifungal and in gastrointestinal problems. Helminthiasis is rarely fatal, but is a major cause of morbidity.
They harm the host by depriving him of food, causing blood loss, injury to organs, intestinal or lymphatic obstruction and by secreting toxins. Anthelmintics are drugs that either kill or expel infesting helminths and the gastrointestinal tract is the abode of many helminths, although some also live in tissues, or their larvae migrate into tissues. In developing countries they pose a major threat to public health and contribute to the prevalence of malnutrition, anemia, eosinophilia, and pneumonia. Helminth infections are among the commonest infections in man, affecting a large proportion of the world's population.
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