Evaluation of Nematocidal Action against Caenorhabditis elegans of Essential Oil of Flesh Fingered Citron and Its Mechanism

Table 2

Number of body bends and head swings.

Essential oil/0.1% DMSO (mg/ml)	0	0.5	1	1.5	2
Bending bodies/20 s	9.0 ± 1.63	8.8 ± 0.22	8 ± 0.65	6.6 ± 0.24	6.3 ± 0.26
Swinging heads/1 min	157 ± 4.32	147 ± 2.94	139 ± 5.35	126 ± 2.94	110 ± 2.87

Note. Data are expressed as the average value ± standard deviation (n = 3).