A Histological study on the Effect of Allium sativum wattery extract on the Entamoeba histolytica in Albino mice

Abstract

Twenty four Albino mice with (20-25)gm weight were used to determine the effect of Garlic(Allium sativum) on the cysts and trophozoites stages of Entamoeba histolytica in vivo. The previosly infected mice with E. histolytica were demonstrated with two doses (0.01, 0.03) ml of garlic wattery extract three times daily for a period of 7 days.The results showed that the garlic wattery extract was very effective to eliminate the numbers of cysts and trophozoites of E. histolytica in mice, the highest percentage of killing was recorded with dose of 0.03 ml which were 97.78 % for trophozoites and 89.59 % for cysts.