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From: In vitro antihelmintic effect of fifteen tropical plant extracts on excysted flukes of Fasciola hepatica

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Flukicide activity of plant extracts. a. Untreated control flukes. b. Flukes treated with L. camara extract 72 hrs post exposition. Dead flukes being severely affected in the tegument and internal organs. c. Flukes treated with A. mexicana extract 72 hrs post exposition. Flukes showed no motility and internal changes. d. Flukes treated with P. auritum extract 72 hrs post exposition. Flukes showed no motility and no internal changes. e. Flukes treated with C. cajan extract 72 hrs post exposition. Flukes showed no motility and no internal changes. f. Flukes treated with B. frutescens extract 72 hrs post exposition. Flukes showed no motility, but presented internal changes and litghtly affected tegument.

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