. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Aug 1.

Published in final edited form as: Parasitol Res. 2015 May 7;114(8):3059–3068. doi: 10.1007/s00436-015-4508-x

Table 1.

Mean values of contractions (±S.E., g) of Ascaris suum muscle flaps caused by increasing concentrations of acetylcholine and the inhibitory effect of carvacrol (100 and 300 μM) on these contractions

n=8	1 μM ACh	3 μM ACh	10 μM ACh	30 μM ACh	100 μM ACh
Control	0.54±0.08	1.11±0.15	1.40±0.17	2.09±0.25	2.35±0.21
Carvacrol 100 μM	0.26±0.04^*	0.81±0.11**	1.16±0.16	1.84±0.21	2.03±0.24**
Carvacrol 300 μM	0.10±0.01**	0.26±0.07*^	0.35±0.10***	0.96±0.17***	1.26±0.19***
Wash	0.17±0.01	0.62±0.13	0.99±0.13	1.84±0.21	2.26±0.23
	^*p=0.0248	**p=0.0076	***p=0.0002	***p<0.0001	**p=0.0092
	**p=0.0023	***p=0.0002			***p<0.0001

Statistically significant difference compared to control