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

BMC Veterinary Research

Table 2 Second assessment of anti-fluke effectiveness of five 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	500 mg/l
A. mexicana	n = 10	100^a	100^b	0^a	93 ± 0.06^b	100^a	100^a	100^a
B. frutescens		100^a	100^b	0^a	0^a	100^b	100^b	100^b
L. camara		100^a	100^b	0^a	0^a	0^a	93 ± 0.06^b	100^b
P. auritum		100^a	100^b	0^a	0^a	0^a	83 ± 0.06^b	100^b
C. cajan		100^a	100^b	0^a	0^a	0^a	93 ± 0.06^b	93 ± 0.06^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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