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ArticleJournal of parasitic diseases : official organ of the Indian Society for Parasitology2025

Investigating therapeutic efficacy of silymarin on intestinal and muscular phases of trichinellosis: an experimental study.

Walaa Ramadan Waly, Mousa Abdel Gawad Mousa Ismail, Marwa Ahmed Ghieth, Samah Sayed Abdel Gawad, Eman Sayed El-Wakil, Wegdan Mohamed Abd El Wahab, Marwa Mohamed Ahmed, Amr M A Mousa, Mona Ibrahim Ali

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Article in Journal of parasitic diseases : official organ of the Indian Society for Parasitology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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9 authors.

Walaa Ramadan WalyDepartment of Medical Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, Beni-Suef University, Beni-Suef, Egypt.ORCID 0000-0002-0280-020X
Mousa Abdel Gawad Mousa IsmailDepartment of Medical Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt.
Marwa Ahmed GhiethDepartment of Medical Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, Beni-Suef University, Beni-Suef, Egypt.
Samah Sayed Abdel GawadDepartment of Medical Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, Beni-Suef University, Beni-Suef, Egypt.
Eman Sayed El-WakilDepartment of Parasitology, Theodor Bilharz Research Institute, Kornaish El-Nile St, Giza, 12411 Egypt.ORCID 0000-0002-0082-9412
Wegdan Mohamed Abd El WahabDepartment of Medical Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, Beni-Suef University, Beni-Suef, Egypt.ORCID 0000-0001-6269-603X
Marwa Mohamed AhmedDepartment of Pathology, College of Medicine, Beni-Suef University, Beni-Suef, Egypt.
Amr M A MousaDepartment of Pathology, King Salman International University, Tur Sinai, Egypt.
Mona Ibrahim AliDepartment of Medical Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, Beni-Suef University, Beni-Suef, Egypt.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Trichinellosis, one of the parasitic zoonoses, is treated with a benzimidazole derivative, primarily albendazole. However, this treatment has a lot of side effects and is not sufficiently effective in killing the encysted larvae. Silymarin, a polyphenolic flavonoid, has been proven to have anti-parasitic activities and various medical uses. The current study aimed to evaluate silymarin efficacy against intestinal and muscular phases of murine trichinellosis compared to the standard drug; albendazole. Forty-eight mice were divided into four discrete groups: healthy model; diseased model; silymarin treatment; and albendazole treatment. The assessment of therapy efficacy was conducted parasitologically through counting the adult worms and muscle larvae, histopathologically through examination of the intestinal and muscular tissues, and, immunohistochemically through muscular expression of the vascular endothelial growth factor. Both silymarin and albendazole-treated groups demonstrated a statistically significant decrease (

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AlbendazoleAntiangiogenicSilymarinTrichinellosisVascular endothelial growth factor

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PMID39975605
PMCPMC11833028

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