In vitro antihelmintic effect of fifteen tropical plant extracts on excysted flukes of Fasciola hepatica

BMC Veterinary Research

Table 1 In vitro anti-fluke effectiveness of fifteen plant extracts

Plant extract		Reference control (%) ^d		Untreated control (%) ^e	Efficacy (%) ^c
Plant extract		10 mg/L	50 mg/L	0 mg/L	125 mg/L	250 mg/L	500 mg/L
A. cornígera	n = 10	100^a	100^b	0^a	0^a	0^a	0^a
C. cajan		100^a	100^b	0^a	0^a	0^a	100^b
A. farnesiana		100^a	100^b	0^a	0^a	0^a	0^a
L. camara		100^a	100^b	0^a	0^a	0^a	100^b
H. rosa - sinensis		100^a	100^b	0^a	0^a	0^a	0^a
B. frutescens		100^a	100^b	0^a	10 ± 0.1^a	100^b	100^b
M. azedarach		100^a	100^b	0^a	7 ± 0.11^a	7 ± 0.11^a	13 ± 0.11^a
L. diversifolia		100^a	100^b	0^a	0^a	0^a	0^a
C. spp		100^a	100^b	0^a	0^a	0^a	0^a
C. ambrosioides		100^a	100^b	0^a	0^a	0^a	0^a
P. auritum		100^a	100^b	0^a	0^a	0^a	100^b
M. sativa		100^a	100^b	0^a	0^a	0^a	0^a
A. absinthium L.		100^a	100^b	0^a	0^a	0^a	0^a
O. basiliam		100^a	100^b	0^a	0^a	0^a	0^a
A. mexicana		100^a	100^b	0^a	100^b	100^b	100^b

^a,bA different letter between columns indicates statistically significant differences. Significant at p < 0.05 level. Control—nil mortality.
^cAverage of three replicates ± standard deviation.
^dTriclabendazole, average of three replicates ± standard deviation.
^eDestilled water, average of three replicates ± standard deviation.

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