Anti-Inflammatory, Antioxidant, and Anthelmintic Activities of Ocimum basilicum (Sweet Basil) Fruits

Table 2

Anthelmintic activity of ethanol and hexane extracts of O. basilicum.

Concentration (μg/mL)	Mean paralysis and death time (min ± SEM)
	Paralysis time			Death time
	Ethanol extract	Hexane extract	Mebendazole	Ethanol extract	Hexane extract	Mebendazole
5000	11.85 ± 0.71	27.90 ± 0.42	94.04 ± 2.57	24.74 ± 0.42	85.18 ± 0.07	522.77 ± 1.53
3000	27.26 ± 0.21	90.82 ± 1.32	115.99 ± 0.49	53.61 ± 0.09	101.34 ± 1.11	565.42 ± 0.84
1000	50.97 ± 1.73	93.37 ± 2.90	209.92 ± 2.51	79.8 ± 0.32	110.77 ± 3.64	600.92 ± 0.22
500	72.84 ± 1.33	173.32 ± 2.88	218.72 ± 0.71	163.72 ± 0.58	301.72 ± 0.61	645.29 ± 1.08
250	116.38 ± 2.19	215.34 ± 4.09	238.97 ± 7.46	213.39 ± 1.05	362.98 ± 1.54	654.66 ± 1.45

Each time represents mean ± SEM (N = 3). The data were analyzed using one-way ANOVA compared to the mebendazole treatment. .