background: hydatid cysts are formed in human body can be treated clinically by surgery or drugs such as albendazole (abz) and mebendazole (mbz). the purpose of this study was comparing the effects of abz and mbz on glutathione-s-transferase, alkaline phosphatase and protease enzymes activities in protoscoleces of hydatid cyst. methods: the culture supernatants containing the parasite excretory...