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Giardia lamblia, Giardiasis causative protozoa, is one of the most common etiologic agents of diarrhea throughout the world especially in Iran. Asafoetida, an oleo-gum-resin (called Anjodan in Farsi) obtained from an Iranian endemic herb, Ferula Assa-foetida has been used in treating of different diseases, particularly parasitic ones. The aim of this study was in-vitro evaluating of the effect of Asafoetida aqueous and alcoholic extracts on Giardia lamblia cysts. 500 µl of each of 1.25, 2.5, 5 and 20 mg/ml concentrtions of asafoetida aqueous and ethanol extracts was added to 500 µl of purified Giardia cysts, respectively. The mixtures were kept at 4, 24 and 37 C. The Giardicidal activity of the extracts was measured 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 hour (s) after exposure through 0.1% eosin dye staining and microscopic enumeration method. The gathered data was analyzed by means of one …