In Vitro Anthelmintic Activity of Saponins Derived from Medicago spp. Plants against Donkey Gastrointestinal Nematodes
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Plant Material Extraction, Purification, and Characterization of Saponins
2.2. Nematode Egg Collection, Purification, and Suspension
2.3. Evaluation of the In Vitro Anthelmintic Activity of Medicago Saponin Extracts
2.4. Statistical Analysis
2.5. Ethical Declaration
3. Results
3.1. Composition of Medicago Saponins
3.2. Evaluation of the In Vitro Anthelmintic Activity of Plant Extracts
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Conflicts of Interest
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Maestrini, M.; Tava, A.; Mancini, S.; Salari, F.; Perrucci, S. In Vitro Anthelmintic Activity of Saponins Derived from Medicago spp. Plants against Donkey Gastrointestinal Nematodes. Vet. Sci. 2019, 6, 35. https://doi.org/10.3390/vetsci6020035
Maestrini M, Tava A, Mancini S, Salari F, Perrucci S. In Vitro Anthelmintic Activity of Saponins Derived from Medicago spp. Plants against Donkey Gastrointestinal Nematodes. Veterinary Sciences. 2019; 6(2):35. https://doi.org/10.3390/vetsci6020035
Chicago/Turabian StyleMaestrini, Michela, Aldo Tava, Simone Mancini, Federica Salari, and Stefania Perrucci. 2019. "In Vitro Anthelmintic Activity of Saponins Derived from Medicago spp. Plants against Donkey Gastrointestinal Nematodes" Veterinary Sciences 6, no. 2: 35. https://doi.org/10.3390/vetsci6020035