The In Vitro Effects of Aqueous and Ethanolic Extracts of the Leaves of Ageratum conyzoides (Asteraceae) on Three Life Cycle Stages of the Parasitic Nematode Heligmosomoides bakeri (Nematoda: Heligmosomatidae)

Table 1

Variation of the mean embryonation and hatching rates of Heligmosomoides bakeri eggs according to the concentration (mg·mL⁻¹) of aqueous and ethanolic extract of leaves of Ageratum conyzoides.

	Treatment	Negative controls		Tested concentrations (mg⋅mL^−1)
		Distilled water	5% tween	0.625	1.25	2.5	3.75
Embryonation	Aqueous extract	100.0 ± 0.0	NA	94.5 ± 7.8	85.1 ± 6.2	75.7 ± 5.7	53.3 ± 10.9
	Ethanolic extract	NA	100.0 ± 0.0	96.1 ± 2.9	91.5 ± 6.0	77.7 ± 13.3	39.6 ± 2.9
hatching	Aqueous extract	97.9 ± 2.6	NA	97.0 ± 6.1	85.2 ± 13.8	59.1 ± 26.2	48.7 ± 27.2
	Ethanolic extract	NA	100.0 ± 0.0	61.4 ± 8.4	47.5 ± 9.6	26.4 ± 12.5	26.7 ± 7.3

NA: not applicable.