@article{APS7109,
author = {Shu-Hua Xiao and Bing-Gui Shen and Jack Horner and Brian A. Catto},
title = {Tegument changes of Schistosoma japonicum and Schistosoma mansoni in mice treated with artemether},
journal = {Acta Pharmacologica Sinica},
volume = {17},
number = {6},
year = {2016},
keywords = {},
abstract = {AIM: To study the effect of artemether (Art) on the tegument of schistosomes.
METHODS: Mice infected with S japonicum cercariae for 7 and 35 d, or with S mansoni cercariae for 49 d were treated intragastrically with Art 200-300 mg.kg-1.d-1 for 2 d. Schistosomes were collected in groups of 2 mice at various intervals after medication for scanning electron microscopic observation.
RESULTS: The tegumental changes induced by Art appeared to be similar in S japonicum and S mansoni: swelling and fusion of tegumental surfaces, vesicle formation and collapse of discoid-like sensory structures. In S japonicum the emergence of tegumental alterations was earlier in 7-d-old schistosomulae than that in 35-d-old adult worms.
CONCLUSION: Art injured the teguments of S japonicum and S mansoni.},
issn = {1745-7254}, url = {http://www.chinaphar.com/article/view/7109}
}