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

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Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) of adult S. mansoni worms after their exposure to 100, 300, and 500 μg/mL ethanolic extracts of leaves and stem bark of edible and ornamental pomegranate. (a) Separated male and female (arrow); (b) male dorsal surface showing tegumental peeling with destruction and peeling of tubercles and spines; (c) male showing bubbles surrounding the morphologically altered tubercles on its dorsal surface; (d) male suckers’ alterations or destruction, os: oral sucker and vs: ventral sucker; (e) female showing tegumental scaling, wrinkling, and erosion; (f) female suckers’ alterations or destruction, os: oral sucker and vs: ventral sucker.

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