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In vivo anthelmintic activity of Dryopteris crassirhizoma, Kochia scoparia, and Polygala tenuifolia against Dactylogyrus intermedius (Monogenea) in goldfish (Carassius auratus)

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In order to find natural agents against Dactylogyrus intermedius in goldfish, petroleum ether, chloroform, ethyl acetate, acetone, and methanol extracts of three medicinal plants (Dryopteris crassirhizoma, Kochia scoparia, and Polygala tenuifolia) were screened for antiparasitic properties using in vivo anthelmintic efficacy assay. Among these extracts investigated, methanolic extract of D. crassirhizoma was observed the most effective with EC50 value of 22.97 mg L−1 after 48 h of exposure, which exhibited a 100% efficacy against D. intermedius at 60.00 mg L−1, followed by the methanolic extracts of K. scoparia and P. tenuifolia with EC50 values of 31.28 and 154.79 mg L−1, showing 100% efficacy against D. intermedius at 60.00 and 500.00 mg L−1, respectively. In addition, acute toxicity assay indicated that 48-h LC50 values of methanolic extracts of D. crassirhizoma, K. scoparia, and P. tenuifolia were 4.10-, 2.27-, and 5.00-fold higher than the corresponding EC50. The obtained results demonstrated that methanolic extracts of D. crassirhizoma, K. scoparia, and P. tenuifolia have the potential for the development of novel therapy for the control of D. intermedius in aquaculture.

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This work was supported by the National High Technology Research and Development Program of China (863 Program) (no. 2011AA10A216) and National Natural Science Foundation of China (no. 31072242).

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    Cheng Lu, Jie Ji & Gao-Xue Wang

  2. Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, Yongding Road 150th, Beijing, 100141, China

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Lu, C., Zhang, HY., Ji, J. et al. In vivo anthelmintic activity of Dryopteris crassirhizoma, Kochia scoparia, and Polygala tenuifolia against Dactylogyrus intermedius (Monogenea) in goldfish (Carassius auratus). Parasitol Res 110, 1085–1090 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00436-011-2592-0

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