Comparative Evaluation of the In Vitro Anthelminthic Effects of the Leaves, Stem, and Seeds of Carica papaya (Linn) Using the Pheretima posthuma Model

Table 4

Outcome from bioactive fractionation from the most active crude extract (SE).

Fraction	Colour	Nature	Number of spots	Retention factor (Rf)	In vitro activity		Phytochemical evaluation
					Paralysis time	Death time
SEA	Yellow	Oily	2	0.52	—	—
				0.79
SEB	Light yellow	Oily	1	0.41	6.50 mins	8.58 mins	Fixed oils may be present
SEC	Deep yellow	Oily	1	0.29	—	—
SED	Orange	Oily	1	0.22	—	—
SEE	Light orange	Oily	1	0.21	—	—

[—] no observable immobility.