Galloylated proanthocyanidins from shea (Vitellaria paradoxa) meal have potent anthelmintic activity against Ascaris suum

Ascaris suum migration and motility were strongly inhibited by shea meal proanthocyanidins. These contained equal proportions of gallocatechin and epigallocatechin subunits, had a high degree of galloylation and the mean degree of polymerisation was 8. Shea meal is also a good source of free epigallocatechin gallate (EGCg; 575 mg/kg meal).188