Fig. 7.
a Artemia salina brine shrimp used as control, after 24-h incubation in seawater. b and c Brine shrimps after 24 h of incubation with 10-fold the LD50 of the M. alcicornis aqueous extract; membranes are partially disintegrated. Light microscope, 400× magnification. d Control and (e) treated brine shrimp by SEM. Ultrathin longitudinal sections of (f) control and (g) treated brine shrimps by TEM