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The Journal of Basic and Applied Zoology
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From: Ultrastructural studies on effect of Caesalpinia bonducella and Croton joufra, traditionally used anthelmintics, on Hymenolepis diminuta and Syphacia obvelata

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Scanning electron micrographs of adult H. diminuta. a, b, c Control worms, showing scolex with normal suckers and intact tegument; d, e, f Worms exposed to PZQ (1 mg/ml), showing distorted suckers, contracted tegumental architecture, but normal microtriches; g, h, i Worms exposed to C. bonducella extract (30 mg/ml), showing shrunken suckers, eroded microtriches and distorted tegument; j, k, l Worms exposed to C. joufra extract (30 mg/ml), showing shriveled scolex, shrunken suckers, and irrevocable destruction over the tegumental surface

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