Alpinumisoflavone
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Alpinumisoflavone is a pyranoisoflavone, a type of isoflavone. It can be found in the bark of Rinorea welwitschii. It can also be found in the molluscicide
Molluscicide
Molluscicides, also known as snail baits and snail pellets, are pesticides against molluscs, which are usually used in agriculture or gardening to control gastropod pests like slugs and snails that can damage crops by feeding on them....

 plant Millettia thonningii
Millettia thonningii
Millettia thonningii is a species in the genus Millettia. It is a molluscicide plant. It contains the isoflavone alpinumisoflavone that is thought to be a antischistosomal agent....

and is thought to be an antischistosomal agent since it has been shown to kill the snails which transmit the schistosomiasis and also the larvae of the parasite itself.
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