Table 2.

In vivo anthelmintic effect of PLE^* on adult stages of H. diminuta (n = 6)

Groups	EPG (mean ± S.E.M.)		Percentage difference in EPG (A-B)	Worms recovered/rat (mean ± S.E.M.)	Percentage reduction in worm counts
	Pre-treatment days 18−20 (A)	Post-treatment days 26−28 (B)
Control	22,977 ± 377	235 ± 389d	+ 1.11	3.67 ± 0.21	8.25
Plant extract
200 mg/kg	21,581 ± 274	11,294 ± 302c	− 47.67	2.33 ± 0.21a	41.75
400 mg/kg	21,083 ± 292	9533 ± 178c	− 54.78	1.67 ± 0.21b	58.50
800 mg/kg	20,511 ± 155	7556 ± 149c	− 63.16	1.33 ± 0.21b	66.75
Praziquantel
10 mg/kg	21,944 ± 190	2492 ± 75c	− 88.64	0.67 ± 0.33b	83.25

^*Administration of plant extract and praziquantel on days 21 − 25 post inoculation with four cysticercoids/rat

^ap < 0.01 as compared to control value, one way ANOVA

^bp < 0.001 as compared to control value, one way ANOVA

^cp < 0.001 as compared to pre-treatment value, one way ANOVA

^dp > 0.05 as compared to pre-treatment value, one way ANOVA