In Vitro. Screening of Cleome Viscosa. Extract for Anthelmintic Activity

Figures & data

Table 1.. Anthelmintic activity of alcohol and aqueous extract of C. viscose. seeds.

			Time taken for paralysis (P) and death (D) of worms in minutes (±SEM)
			P. posthuma.		A. galli.
Test substrate	Yield (%)	Concentration (mg/mL)	P	D	P	D
Control	—	—	—	—	—	—
Alcohol extract	10.21	10	39.63 ± 0.29	78.29 ± 0.19	27.27 ± 0.23	68 ± 0.33
		50	23.84 ± 0.23	63.14 ± 0.28	19.9 ± 0.27	44.7 ± 0.33
		100	11.35 ± 0.20***	23.97 ± 0.28***	9.18 ± 0.27*	22.6 ± 0.31***
Aqueous extract	6.32	10	23.57 ± 0.31	57.81 ± 0.22	32 ± 0.30	62.7 ± 0.31
		50	16.03 ± 0.20**	43.80 ± 0.21**	22.6 ± 0.30	47.1 ± 0.27
		100	5.30 ± 0.24***	22 ± 0.28***	6.8 ± 0.20**	22.8 ± 0.31***
Piperazine citrate	—	10	20.70 ± 0.31	59.94 ± 0.31	12.79 ± 0.22	40.76 ± 0.17

Values are expressed as mean ± SEM (n = 6). Significantly different from standard at *p < 0.05; **p < 0.01; ***p < 0.001.