Effect of Phenotypic Screening of Extracts and Fractions of Erythrophleum ivorense Leaf and Stem Bark on Immature and Adult Stages of Schistosoma mansoni

Table 1

Descriptors and corresponding severity scores for the effect of extracts and fractions of E. ivorense on S. mansoni. Unless otherwise indicated, the descriptors employed are common to both somules and adults.

Descriptor	Severity score
Round	1
On sides (adults: loss of ability to adhere to the well surface)	1
Uncoordinated (adults)	1
Shrunk (adults)	1
Dark	1
Slow	1
Overactive	1
Immobile	1
Partial death (% somules dead /well)	1
Degenerate	4
Dead	4
Tegumental damage (adults)	4

Severity score: 1 (lowest) to 4 (highest).