carried out against Schistosoma mansoni adult worms. Curcumin (at 50 and 100 μM)
caused death of all worms. When tested at the doses of 5 and 20 μM, it decreased the worm
viability in comparison with negative (Roswell Memorial Park Institute (RPMI) 1640 medium
alone or RPMI 1640 medium with 10% dimethyl sulfoxide) and positive (heat-killed worms at
56° C or praziquantel 10 μM) control groups. All pairs of coupled adult worms were …