Enhanced surgical tolerance of schistosomiasis-induced fibrotic liver following treatment with Ziziphus plant extract

Table 1 Comparison between hepatic tissue egg load between infected untreated and Ziziphus spina-christi leaf extract-treated and infected untreated and surgically treated groups, mean ± SD

Parameter	Infected untreated and treated group			Infected and surgically treated group
	Infected untreated group	ZSCLE-treated group	P value	Infected untreated group	ZSCLE-surgically treated group	P value
Hepatic tissue egg load	3459.5 ± 191.3	1032 ± 25.1 (70% decrease)	< 0.001	7193.3 ± 103.4	2021.7 ± 190.2	< 0.001

ZSCLE: Ziziphus spina-christi leaf extract.