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This extract showed 100% antiparasitic efficacy against <jats:italic>G. kobayashii<\/jats:italic> at 10 mg\/L and had a therapeutic index (TI, LC<jats:sub>50<\/jats:sub>\/EC<jats:sub>50<\/jats:sub>) of 5.26, which is higher than that of formaldehyde (TI = 4.58), a widely used parasiticide in aquaculture. Subsequently, the potential mechanism of antiparasitic activity of dioscin, an active compound isolated from <jats:italic>D. collettii<\/jats:italic> var. <jats:italic>hypoglauca<\/jats:italic> was investigated and the histopathological alterations in goldfish after exposure to dioscin were also studied. The <jats:italic>in vivo<\/jats:italic> trial indicated dioscin showed significant antiparasitic activity with a 24 h-EC<jats:sub>50<\/jats:sub> value of 1.58 mg\/L and it exhibited 100% antiparasitic efficacy at 0.6 mg\/L. Also, <jats:italic>G. kobayashii<\/jats:italic> could be completely removed <jats:italic>in vivo<\/jats:italic> within 2 h at 0.6 mg\/L dioscin. Whereas, mean survival time of this worm <jats:italic>in vitro<\/jats:italic> was 4.99 h, and some individuals even reached 12 h at the same concentration of dioscin. These results indicated that 0.6 mg\/L of dioscin did not completely kill all worms within 2 h, but just temporarily remove the worms from goldfish. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) analysis showed that most of the microvilli on the tegument surface of <jats:italic>G. kobayashii<\/jats:italic> dropped after exposure to dioscin. This might be one of the potential mechanisms of antiparasitic activity of dioscin against <jats:italic>G. kobayashii<\/jats:italic>. Furthermore, no severe histopathological alteration was observed after exposure to a high concentration of dioscin for a short time. 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