Table 1 Time of appearance (days post-incubation) of tissue damage in E. granulosus murine metacestodes after their incubation with UA in vitro
From: Efficacy of ursolic acid against Echinococcus granulosus in vitro and in a murine infection model
UA (μg/ml) | No. of metacestodes that lost integrity (n = 6)a | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Days post-incubation | ||||||
1 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 12 | 14 | |
40 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 |
20 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 |
10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
0.5% DMSO as control | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |