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In vitro protoscolicidal effects of Hypericum perforatum, Thymus vulgaris, Pimenta racemosa, and Mentha piperita against Echinococcus granulosus protoscoleces Cover

In vitro protoscolicidal effects of Hypericum perforatum, Thymus vulgaris, Pimenta racemosa, and Mentha piperita against Echinococcus granulosus protoscoleces

Helminthologia
Volume 62 (2025): Issue 2 (June 2025)
By:
R. Yildiz and  A. H. Unlu  
Open Access
|Sep 2025

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Fig. 1.

Effect of T. vulgaris extract (150 mg/ml) on protoscoleces. The same microscopic image was photographed at one-minute intervals to observe how the protoscoleces took up the 0.1% eosin after their death (A: min 1, B: min 2, C: min 3, D: min 4, E: min 5, and magnification: 40X).
Effect of T. vulgaris extract (150 mg/ml) on protoscoleces. The same microscopic image was photographed at one-minute intervals to observe how the protoscoleces took up the 0.1% eosin after their death (A: min 1, B: min 2, C: min 3, D: min 4, E: min 5, and magnification: 40X).

In vitro protoscolicidal activity of different concentrations of herbal extracts at 5, 10, and 60 min_

Experimental GroupsSamplesConcentrationMortality rate (%) with following exp. time
5 min10 min60 min
Treatment with herbal extractH. perforatum (Leaves and flowers)50 mg/ml100 mg/ml150 mg/ml36.4 ± 1.7437.8 ± 1.9838.9 ± 2.3549.1 ± 1.3552.2 ± 2.754.4 ± 1.3588.9 ± 3.8591.6 ± 3.793.3 ± 3.29
T. vulgaris (Leaves)50 mg/ml100 mg/ml150 mg/ml33.7 ± 1.5660.9 ± 2.2596.5 ± 2.5840.2 ± 2.1966.2 ± 3.6498 ± 1.1556.9 ± 1.9599.3± 0.3999.8 ± 0.2
P. racemose (Leaves)50 mg/ml100 mg/ml150 mg/ml44.6 ± 3.5355.1 ± 3.9560.2 ± 2.7352.2 ± 2.9276.9 ± 2.9996.8 ± 3.8895.3 ± 2.3196.7 ± 1.7698.2 ± 0.97
M. piperita (Leaves)50 mg/ml100 mg/ml150 mg/ml10.44 ± 0.9716 ± 1.7717.3 ± 1.9211.6 ± 1.9816.9 ± 1.3519.3 ± 2.0314.2 ± 2.7318.7 ± 1.1520 ± 1.02
Positive ControlNaCl20 %100 ± 0100 ± 0100 ± 0
Negative ControlNaCl0.90 %2.2 ± 0.463.3 ± 0.534.5 ± 0.97
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/helm-2025-0021 | Journal eISSN: 1336-9083 | Journal ISSN: 0440-6605
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Language: English
Page range: 95 - 101
Submitted on: Aug 6, 2024
Accepted on: Jul 22, 2025
Published on: Sep 30, 2025
Published by: Slovak Academy of Sciences
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 times per year
Keywords:
Echinococcus granulosus,
Hypericum perforatum,
Mentha piperita,
Pimenta racemose,
Protoscolicidal,
Thymus vulgaris
Related subjects:
Life sciences,
Zoology,
Ecology,
Life sciences, other,
Medicine,
Clinical medicine,
Microbiology, virology and infection epidemiology

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