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FITOTERAPIA
Volume 76, Issue 1, Pages 30-34Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.fitote.2004.08.003
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Balanites aegyptiaca; Schistosoma mansoni; praziquantel
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The efficacy of Balanites aegyptiaca fruit mesocarp was compared with praziquantel in mice infected with Sudanese strain of Schistosoma mansoni. Infected mice were given a single dose of 200 mg/kg body weight of B. aegyptiaca fruit mesocarp and 200 mg/kg b.w. of praziquantel after 6 weeks from the onset of the infection. A significant reduction was observed in EPG (egg count per gram of faeces), eggs burden in tissues and recovery of adult worms (P<0.05) for both the plant and the drug-treated animals. (C) 2004 Published by Elsevier B.V.
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