Linn leaf ethanolic extract: In vivo giardicidal potential with ultrastructural damage, anti-inflammatory and antioxidant effects.

Introduction And Aim: Considering the magnitude of giardiasis problem, the side-effects of the used anti-giardia drugs and the resistance posed against them, the current study aimed to evaluate the giardicidal effect of leaf extract (PGLE).

Methods: For fulfilling this aim, five Swiss-albino mice groups were included; GI: non-infected, GII: -infected and non-treated, GIII: -infected and metronidazole-treated, GIV: -infected and PGLE-treated, and GV: -infected and treated with both metronidazole and PGLE. Treatment efficacy was assessed via; cyst viability and trophozoite count, trophozoite electron microscopic ultrastructure, duodenal histopathological scoring, immunohistochemistry for TNF-α and duodenal scanning electron microscopy.

Molecular phylogenetic analysis of Cysticercus ovis from Egypt based on MT-CO1 gene sequences.

Cysticercus ovis or sheep measles is the larval stage of Taenia ovis, which is the intestinal tapeworm of dogs. It is found in the cardiac and skeletal muscles of sheep and can be the cause of partial or total condemnation of carcasses at abattoirs. The aim of the current work was to determine the prevalence of C.