In Vitro Analyses Reveal the Effect of Synthetic Cytokinin Forchlorfenuron (FCF) on a Septin-Like Protein of Taeniid Cysticerci

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In vitro evaluation of the effect of FCF on T. crassiceps cysticerci. (a) Changes in the morphology of cysticerci were detected by stereomicroscopy, using three concentrations of FCF (5, 50, and 500 μM) at four different times (0.25, 1, 5, and 24 h). (b) Changes in metabolic activity were measured by the reduction of Alamar blue® (Y-axis) over a period of 24 h (X-axis). (c) Table summarizing the effect of FCF on parasite motility, where R represents the reversibility of changes in motility under these conditions.

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