Review Article
Anthelmintic Potential of Medicinal Plants against Ancylostoma caninum
Table 2
In vivo studies on the effects of plants against Ancylostoma caninum.
| Author | Country | Plant | Plant part used | Animal model | Treatment | Results |
| Bi & Goyal | India | Carica papaya | N/A | Mouse | 0.2 mL 14 an 7 days before infection with 500 larvae | Larval reduction 98.6% after 96 hours | Hassanain et al. | Egypt | Citrus aurantiifolia | Seed | Dog | Combination of plant extract 40 mg/kg mebendazole 50 mg/kg per day for two weeks | FEC 100% reduction after two weeks | Bi & Goyal | India | Neem/Azadirachta indica | N/A | Mouse | 0.2 mL 14 and 7 days before infection with 500 larvae | Larval reduction after 72 hours | Orengo et al. | Kenya | Allium cepa | Bulb | Dog | 10 mL plant extract | FEC reduction 47% | Adedapo et al. | Nigeria | Euphorbia hirta | Leaf | Dog | 500 mg/mL given three days in a row in 2 stages per 2 weeks IM and PO | FEC reduction 100% at the second stage | Adedapo et al. | Nigeria | Vernonia amygdalina | Leaf | Dog | 500 mg/mL given consecutive days PO | FEC reduction 47.5% after two weeks |
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