Current knowledge on use of essential oils as alternative treatment against fish parasites

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Table 3

In vivo efficacy of different essential oils and their major compounds for different fish species.

Fish species	Substances	Concentrations	Parasite species	Efficaccy (%)	Exposure	References
Gasterosteus aculeatus	Melaleuca alternifolia	3,10 and 30 mg L⁻¹	Gyrodactylus spp.	50–90	46 h	Steverding et al. (2005)
Poecilia reticulata	Melaleuca cajuputi	132 μL	Gyrodactylus turnbulli	65	2 h	Schelkle et al. (2015)
Poecilia reticulata	Pimenta racemosa	132 μL	Gyrodactylus turnbulli	32	2 h	Schelkle et al. (2015)
Poecilia reticulata	Melaleuca cajuputi and Pimenta racemosa	264 μL	Gyrodactylus turnbulli	95	2 h	Schelkle et al. (2015)
Arapaima gigas	Mentha piperita	40 mg L⁻¹	Dawestrema cycloancistrium and D. cycloancistrioides	15.6	30 min	Malheiros et al. (2016)
Colossoma macropomum	Lippia alba	100 L⁻¹	Anacanthorus spathulatus, Notozothecium janauachensis and Mymarothecium boegeri	40.7	30 min	Soares et al. (2016)
Colossoma macropomum	Lippia alba	150 L⁻¹	Anacanthorus spathulatus, Notozothecium janauachensis and Mymarothecium boegeri	50.3	30 min	Soares et al. (2016)
Colossoma macropomum	Lippia origanoides	40 mg L⁻¹	Anacanthorus spathulatus, Notozothecium janauachensis and Mymarothecium boegeri	0	30 min	Soares et al. (2017a)
Colossoma macropomum	Lippia alba	150 L⁻¹	Ichthyophthirius multifiliis	49.7	30 min	Soares et al. (2016)
Colossoma macropomum	Lippia sidoides	10 and 20 mg L⁻¹	Ichthyophthirius multifiliis	0	60 and 15 min	Soares et al. (2017b)
Piaractus mesopotamicus	Melaleuca alternifolia	50 μl L⁻¹	Ichthyophthirius multifiliis	98.8–99.8	10 h	Valladão et al. (2016)
Rhamdia quelen	Melaleuca alternifolia	50 μl L⁻¹	Ichthyophthirius multifiliis	94.8	1 h/day, for 4 days	Baldissera et al. (2017)
Oreochromis niloticus	Mentha piperita	40 mg L⁻¹	Cichlidogyrus tilapiae, Cichlidogyrus thurstonae, Cichlidogyrus halli, and Scutogyrus longicornis	41.6	30 min	Hashimoto et al. (2016)
Oreochromis niloticus	Lippia sidoides	20 mg L⁻¹	Cichlidogyrus tilapiae, Cichlidogyrus thurstonae, Cichlidogyrus halli, and Scutogyrus longicornis	14.2	30 min	Hashimoto et al. (2016)
Colossoma macropomum	Lippia sidoides	10 and 20 mg L⁻¹	Anacanthorus spathulatus, Notozothecium janauachensis and Mymarothecium boegeri	0	60 and 15 min	Soares et al. (2017b)
Carassius auratus	Cinnamaldehyde	5 mg L⁻¹	Dactylogyrus intermedius	100	48 h	Ling et al. (2015)
Carassius auratus	Cinnamic acid	16 mg L⁻¹	Dactylogyrus intermedius	100	48 h	Ling et al. (2015)

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