Comparative Evaluation of Anthelmintic Activity of Edible and Ornamental Pomegranate Ethanolic Extracts against Schistosoma mansoni

Figure 4

Histological liver sections; H & E staining; (a) group treated with 800 mg/kg LOP (100); (b) group treated with 800 mg/kg SOP (200); (c) group treated with 800 mg/kg SOP higher magnification (400); all showing less prominent inflammatory reactions; (d) group treated with 800 mg/kg LEP showing moderate diffuse infiltration of liver parenchyma by chronic inflammatory cells without observed eggs or areas of fibrosis (400); (G) granuloma and (O) bilharzial eggs and arrow pointed to chronic inflammatory cells.

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