Table 1.
In vitro efficiency of different allicin and alcoholic garlic extract concentrations against E. tenella oocysts’ number and sporulation dynamic within 48 h post-exposure compared to KOH 5% (as a chemical disinfectant) *.
| Compound | Conc. (mg/mL) |
Oocysts Reduction % |
Sporulation Dynamic | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| S% | SI% | |||
| Control (K2Cr2O7) | 25 | 00.0 ± 0.0 | 51.2 ± 3.6 a | 00.0 ± 0.0 |
| Allicin | 45 | 56.6 ± 2.1 c | 27.4 ± 8.7 bc | 46.5 ± 1.4 b |
| 90 | 72.7 ± 1.7 b | 26.1 ± 1.2 c | 49.0 ± 2.1 b | |
| 180 | 88.3 ± 1.2 a | 15.9 ± 0.9 d | 68.9 ± 2.1 a | |
| Garlic | 90 | 26.8 ± 0.9 d | 28.2 ± 1.7 bc | 44.9 ± 3.6 b |
| 180 | 38.4 ± 1.2 d | 27.2 ± 1.6 bc | 46.9 ± 1.0 b | |
| 360 | 73.5 ± 2.2 b | 13.6 ± 1.6 d | 73.4 ± 2.8 a | |
| KOH | 50 | 67.4 ± 1.5 b | 35.6 ± 1.5 b | 30.5 ± 2.4 c |
* Values were represented in percentages. S%: Sporulation percent. SI%: Sporulation Inhibition percent. a–d: values followed by different superscripts within a column are statistically different (p < 0.05; p < 0.01; p < 0.001) as indicated by ANOVA.