Nematocidal Activity of Ethanol and Aqueous Extracts of Persea americana Seeds against Heligmosomoides polygyrus using the Worm Microtracker Method

Table 1

Percentage (%) inhibition of hatching, larvae motility, and half maximal inhibitory concentration (IC₅₀).

Anthelminthic test	Extract	Concentrations (mg/mL)							Controls
		0.312	0.625	1.25	2.5	5	IC50	95% confidence interval	Levamisole	1.5% DMSO	Ringer 0.9% NaCl
% Inhibition of hatching	Aqueous	^e	^d	^a	^a	^b	0.22	74.28–86.18	^f	^g	^g
	Ethanol	^e	^d	^c	^b	^a	0.49	71.70–92.03	^f	^g	^g
% Inhibition of L1 larva motility	Aqueous	^c	^bi	^ghi	^fh	^a	1.443	86.49–127.4	^d	^e	^e
	Ethanol	5^h	^g	^ci	^bi	^a	1.75	90.71–143.7	^d	^e	^e
% Inhibition of L2 larva motility	Aqueous	^dj	^cj	^bi	^ai	^abf	0.97	88.78–120.9	^f	^e	^e
	Ethanol	^dj	^chj	^bgh	^ag	^abf	1.34	91.21–129.5	^f	^e	^e

a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h,i,j: values carrying the same superscript letter on the same row at different concentrations are not significantly different at .