Effect of some local cercaricidal agents on different stages of experimental schistosoma mansoni infection

ABSTRACT

Objectives: the goal of this study, is to demonstrate the lethal effect of topical Cedar wood oil [P-methyl -d- 3- tetrahydroacetophenone] administration alone and1 or in combination with the solvent Demzo [Dimethylsulphoxide], and Propolis [a natural bee wax extract, or resinous substance collected by bees from tree exudates], in experimental schistosomiasis mansoni. It is a trial to explore the repercussions of using these compounds upon worm and tissue egg loads, and oograrn pattern in experimental murine schistosomiasis mansoni