Objective: This study was conducted to evaluate the anthelmintic activity of ethanolic leaf extract of Senna occidentalis on rat tapeworm Hymenolepis diminuta. Methods: Adult H. diminuta worms were obtained from laboratory maintained infection in rats. Different concentrations of crude ethanolic leaf extracts of S. occidentalis were tested in vitro on H. diminuta and praziquantel (PZQ) was used...

Natural anti-parasitic compounds in plants such as condensed tannins (CT) have anthelmintic properties against a range of gastrointestinal nematodes, but for other helminths such effects are unexplored. The aim of this study was to assess the effects of CT from three different plant extracts in a model system employing the rat tapeworm, Hymenolepis diminuta, in its intermediate host, Tenebrio m...

Cestodiases are common parasitic diseases of animals and humans. As cestodes have complex lifecycles, hexacanth larvae, metacestodes (including cysticercoids), and adults produce proteins allowing them to establish invasion and to survive in the hostile environment of the host. Hymenolepis diminuta is the most commonly used model cestode in experimental parasitology. The aims of the present stu...

Glycogen isolated from the rat tapeworm Hymenotepis diminuta by a mild quantitative procedure exhibits a sedimentation coefficient distribution characterized by two distinct regions of molecular weight with mean S values of 200 X 10-13 cm/dyne, see and 1500 X 10-13 cm/dyne, see respectively (17). This distribution is characteristic for the physiological state of the organism, and differences in...

Intestinal parasites eggs are the most soil contaminated which can cause many health problems after ingestion. The aim of this study was to estimate presence intestinal in samples collected from public parks and playgrounds Kirkuk city.
 A total Fifty-six (56) were 14 areas (7 7 playgrounds) through a period 1st March 2016 October 2016, examined microscopically using wet mount zinc sulphat...