In vitro effect of essential oils and isolated mono- and sesquiterpenes on Leishmania major and Trypanosoma brucei

Planta Medica

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 366-368

  Mikus, Judith ^a   Harkenthal, Michael ^a   Steverding, Dietmar ^a   Reichling, Jürgen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; AROMADENDRENE; CLOVE OIL; PEPPERMINT OIL; PINENE; PLANT EXTRACT; SABINENE; SESQUITERPENE DERIVATIVE; SURAMIN; TEA TREE OIL; TERPINOLENE; THYME OIL;

ANTIPROTOZOAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CELL STRAIN HL 60; CYTOTOXICITY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PARASITE; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

ANIMALS; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENTS; CELLS, CULTURED; HUMANS; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; OILS, VOLATILE; SESQUITERPENES; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI BRUCEI;

LEISHMANIA MAJOR; MELALEUCA ALTERNIFOLIA; MELISSA OFFICINALIS; MENTHA X PIPERITA; SYZYGIUM AROMATICUM; THYMUS VULGARIS; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

EID: 0008949684     PISSN: 00320943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2000-8548     Document Type: Article

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