Abstract Background Plant growth regulators are widely used in agriculture for increasing the and ripening of plants, but they endanger aquatic ecosystem. The current study assessed effect sublethal exposure to RIPEX 48% EC concentrations (8 16 µL/L) on oxidative stress parameters, sex hormones, immune potential enzymes, differential hemocyte counts, histopathology digestive glands ovotestis Bi...

Schistosomiasis is an important parasitic disease that infects humans. Among the main species of schistosomes infecting humans is Schistosoma mansoni and S. haematobium. Snails of various genera, such as Biomphalaria alexandrina and Bulinus truncates, act as intermediate hosts and play a major role in the transmission of schistosomes. Transmission from human to snail is under the influence of t...