Chromatographic Fingerprint Analysis and Effects of the Medicinal Plant Species Mitracarpus frigidus on Adult Schistosoma mansoni Worms
Figure 1
In vitro schistosomicidal activity of Mitracarpus frigidus methanolic extract (MFM) at 100 μg/mL concentration after 24 hours of incubation. (a) Paired worms incubated in culture medium—the arrow shows pairs united in gynecophoral canal; (b) female worm incubated only with culture medium, showing eggs in the first stage of growth (arrow); (c) male worm showing fully open gynecophoral canal (arrow); (d) female worm showing contorted muscles; (e) and (f) presence of vesicles in female worm tegument sections.
