Origanum vulgare (Lamiaceae) OVICIDAL POTENTIAL ON GASTROINTESTINAL NEMATODES OF CATTLE

Authors

  • Luciana L. Dias de Castro Departamento de Microbiologia e Parasitologia, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Federal de Pelotas, Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil
  • Isabel Martins Madrid Departamento de Microbiologia e Parasitologia, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Federal de Pelotas, Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil
  • Cíntia Lidiane G. Aguiar Departamento de Microbiologia e Parasitologia, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Federal de Pelotas, Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil
  • Leonardo Mortagua de Castro Departamento de Microbiologia e Parasitologia, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Federal de Pelotas, Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil
  • Marlete Brum Cleff Departamento de Clínicas Veterinária, Faculdade de Veterinária, UFPEL, Pelotas, RS, Brasil
  • Maria Elisabeth Aires Berne Departamento de Microbiologia e Parasitologia, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Federal de Pelotas, Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil
  • Fábio Pereira Leivas Leite Núcleo de Biotecnologia, Centro de Desenvolvimento Tecnológico, UFPEL, Pelotas, RS, Brasil

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5216/cab.v14i4.22080

Keywords:

phytotherapic, Haemonchus spp., in vitro, oregano.

Abstract

Due to anthelmintic resistance in nematodes, several research studies have been developed seeking control alternatives to these parasites. This study evaluated the in vitro action of Origanum vulgare on gastrointestinal nematode eggs of cattle. In order to evaluate the ability to inhibit egg hatch, different dried leaves extracts of this plant were tested, such as dye, hydroalcoholic and aqueous extracts at concentrations varying from 0.62 to 80 mg/mL. Each assay was accompanied by control containing levamisole hydrochloride (0.2 mg/mL), distilled water and 70º GL grain alcohol at the same concentration of the extracts. Test results showed that the different O. vulgare extracts inhibited egg hatch of cattle gastrointestinal nematodes at a percentage that varied from 8.8 to 100%; dye and hydroalcoholic extract were the most promising inhibitors. In view of this ovicidal property, O. vulgare may be an important source of viable antiparasitic compounds for nematodiosis control in ruminants.

KEYWORDS: Haemonchus spp.; in vitro; oregano; phytotherapic.

 

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Published

2013-12-17

How to Cite

DIAS DE CASTRO, L. L.; MADRID, I. M.; AGUIAR, C. L. G.; CASTRO, L. M. de; CLEFF, M. B.; BERNE, M. E. A.; LEIVAS LEITE, F. P. Origanum vulgare (Lamiaceae) OVICIDAL POTENTIAL ON GASTROINTESTINAL NEMATODES OF CATTLE. Brazilian Animal Science/ Ciência Animal Brasileira, Goiânia, v. 14, n. 4, p. 508–513, 2013. DOI: 10.5216/cab.v14i4.22080. Disponível em: https://revistas.ufg.br/vet/article/view/22080. Acesso em: 22 nov. 2024.

Issue

Vol. 14 No. 4 (2013)

Section

Veterinary Medicine

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