Mohamed A. El-Emam

TL;DR: Administration of C. dioscorides, C. ambrosioides and S. sesban methanol extract to infected mice exhibited a moderate antischistosomal effect, which ameliorated the liver functions of treated mice that may suggest degenerations of liver granulomas and regenerative changes.

TL;DR: 4% TDS is active against O. hupensis, B. alexandrina and B. truncatus under laboratory and field conditions, and it may be a candidate molluscicide of plant origin.

TL;DR: Gl glucose and total protein concentrations in hemolymph of snails treated with LC 10 and LC 25 of these plants were decreased and the activities of the enzymes AsT, AlT, AcP and AkP were elevated, consequently it could be effective in interrupting and minimizing the transmission of S. mansoni miracidia.

TL;DR: It was concluded that the tested pesticides have deleterious effects on snails’ reproductive rate, their eggs and the intensities of DNA and RNA in their ovotestis–digestive gland complex, and it is expected that reaching of such pesticides to snails' habitats in water courses during plant pests control could minimize the population density.

TL;DR: The results showed that exposure of S. mansoni cercariae for 30 min to the tested plants’ methanol extract before mice infection has a higher suppressive effect on their infectivity to albino mice then those exposed to this extract during mice infection, and reduced the activities of the enzymes AlT, AsT, AcP and AkP that were elevated in mice infected with untreated cerbariae.