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Table 2 Treatment effects of oxadiazole-2-oxides on juvenile S. japonicum in mice

From: Oxadiazole-2-oxides may have other functional targets, in addition to SjTGR, through which they cause mortality in Schistosoma japonicum

Groups

Mice No.

Number of worms (Mean ± SD)

Worm reduction rate (%)

Number of eggs per gram of liver (Mean ± SD)

Egg reduction rate (%)

Control

7

10.8 ± 0.8

 

8,032.9 ± 2,192.1

 

Compound 4a

4

1.3 ± 0.8 (P > 0.05**)

87.7 (P < 0.01*)

4,258.9 ± 1,910.0 (P > 0.05**)

47.0 (P < 0.05*)

Compound 4b

2

1.8 ± 1.5 (P > 0.05**)

83.1 (P < 0.01*)

8,669.2 ± 2,255.8 (P < 0.05**)

–

Compound 7c

2

1.4 ± 0.8 (P > 0.05**)

87.1 (P < 0.01*)

3,859.4 ± 3,749.4 (P > 0.05**)

52.0 ( P > 0.05*)

Compound 13

2

1.7 ± 0.7 (P > 0.05**)

84.6 (P < 0.01*)

3,808.9 ± 1,288.9 (P > 0.05**)

52.6 (P < 0.05*)

Compound 16

5

1.0 ± 0.5 (P > 0.05**)

90.8 (P < 0.01*)

4,054.5 ± 1,322.1 (P > 0.05**)

49.5 (P < 0.01*)

Compound 20

6

3.0 ± 0.9 (P < 0.05**)

69.5 (P < 0.01*)

7,767.5 ± 2,676.6 (P < 0.05**)

3.3 (P > 0.05*)

AS

4

2.3 ± 1.0

78.5 (P < 0.01*)

2,932.2 ± 1,149.3

63.5 (P < 0.01*)

  1. *Effect of compound versus control analysed by Student’s t-test; **Effect of compound versus AS analysed by Student’s t-test