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From: Cestocidal effects of Balanites aegyptiaca fruits’ methanolic extract on the adult Dipylidium caninum

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Light micrographs of the tegument transverse section of adult D. caninum gravid segments. a–c Normal fresh cestodes. d–f Following 12-h incubation with Balanites extract. Note the tegumental wrinkles and disruption of the muscle cells. g–i Following 24-h incubation with Balanites extract. In this specimen, the tegument appears to be swollen and shows extensive damage towards its surface. T tegument, ML muscle layer, P parenchyma

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