@article{Kaingu:231316,
      recid = {231316},
      author = {Kaingu, Fredrick and Kibor, Alfred and Waihenya, Rebecca  and Shivairo, Robert and Mungai, Lewis},
      title = {Efficacy of Aloe secundiflora Crude Extracts on Ascaridia  galli in Vitro},
      journal = {Sustainable Agriculture Research},
      address = {2013},
      number = {526-2016-37951},
      year = {2013},
      abstract = {Aloe secundiflora Synonym: Aloe floramaculata, Aloe  marsabitensis, Aloe engleri belongs to the family  Asphodelaceae. Aloe leaf gel and Aloe exudates are the main  components. The gel is derived from parenchytomous cells  while exudates are derived from the inner epidermal layers.  The gel consists of mainly polysaccharides while the  exudates consists of a mixture of phenolic compounds mainly  athrones, chromones and phenyl pyrones. Leaf components of  Aloe have been credited for antibacterial, antifungal and  antiviral and anthelmintic medicinal properties. The  effectiveness of Aloe secundiflora extracts on the most  prevalent nematode of chicken Ascaridia galli was conducted  in vitro. The results of this study indicate that Hexane,  Ethylacetate, Acetone, Methanol and chloroform extracts  were found active in hindering the development of Ascaridia  galli eggs to larval stage three (L3), and this was  dependent on the concentration of the crude extract. The  lowest concentration of the various extracts (5 mg/ml) had  an inhibition percent (IP), 75.52%, 79.60%, 87.21%, 86.13%  and 43.6% respectively. The highest concentration of the  extracts was (50 mg/ml), at this level the inhibition  percent was found higher than in the lowest extracts  concentrations i.e., 91.84%, 97.55%, 100%, 99.46% and  91.29% respectively. Aloe secundiflora extracts therefore  have inhibitory effects on the Ascaridia galli larval  development in vitro. Phytochemical tests on the extracts  revealed the presence of various chemical compounds.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/231316},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.231316},
}