<i>In vivo</i> anthelmintic efficacy of some plant species of the family Compositae Cisece

The purpose of the research is to study the anthelmintic efficacy of decoctions of various parts of plants, as well as granules and essential oils of plants of the species İnula helenium L., Cichorium intybus L., Arctium lappa L. and Helichrysum araxinium Taxt ex Kirp of the family Compositae Cisece in the Nakhichevan Autonomous Republic of Azerbaijan.Materials and methods. Herbal preparations were tested on sheep spontaneously infected with gastrointestinal Strongylates. Decoctions of various parts of plants, as well as prepared granules and herbal essential oils were administered to the experimental animals in different doses. Sheep of the control group did not receive the drug. After the administration of the drugs, the condition of the animals was recorded. The drug efficacy was recorded at 5 days based on coproovoscopy results.Results and discussion. The decoctions of the tested plant species were found to have a high anthelmintic effect against nematodes parasitizing in the digestive tract of sheep. The efficacy of the decoctions prepared from roots and aerial parts of plants of the species I. helenium was 72–78%, the decoction efficacy from roots and aerial parts of the species C. Intybus was 70–76%, the decoction efficacy from roots and aerial parts of the species A. lappa was 69–71%, and the decoction efficacy from the aerial parts part of plants of the species H. araxinium was 74.6%. The anthelmintic effect of essential oils in the experiment was higher and reached 86.7 % from I. helenium, 85.1% from C. intybus, 80.8 % from A. lappa, and 83.5% from H. araxinium. The anthelmintic efficacy of the decoction from I. helenium mixed with C. intybus prepared from the aerial parts of plants was 72.4%, the decoction efficacy from H. araxinium mixed with A. lappa was 65.1, and the efficacy of the flour mixture from the roots of I. helenium, A. lappa and C. intybus was 71.9%.