LIGHT MICROSCOPIC CHANGES IN THE VILLI HEIGHT OF THE SMALL INTESTINES OF LABORATORY RAT (RATTUS NORVEGICUS) FOLLOWING MEBENDAZOLE ADMINISTRATION; Pequeños cambios microscópicos observados en la altura del vello en el intestino delgado de la ratas de laboratorio (rattus norvegicus) después de la administración de mebendazole.

• Main Authors: Thomas M. Amuti (Author), Anne Pulei (Author), Paul Odula (Author), Hassan Saidi (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Asociación Argentina de Anatomía Clínica, 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Through tubulin degradation, mebendazole interferes with glucose uptake into intestinal cells and exhaustion of glycogen reserves leads to parasite death. When used in humans, the drug may mediate mucosal changes responsible for reported side effects including diarrhea. Earlier studies have shown ch...