Anthelmintic usage of extracts of Embelia schimperi from Tanzania

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 35-42

  Bøgh, Henrik O ^a   Andreassen, Jørn ^b   Lemmich, John ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Embelia schimperi; Embelin; Hymenolepis diminuta; Rat; Taenia saginata; Traditional medicine

Indexed keywords

ANTHELMINTIC AGENT; EMBELIN; PLANT EXTRACT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTHELMINTIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG STRUCTURE; ECHINOSTOMA; EXPERIMENTAL INFECTION; HYMENOLEPIS; HYMENOLEPIS DIMINUTA; MOUSE; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PLANT SEED; RAT; TAENIA SAGINATA; TANZANIA; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

EMBELIA SCHIMPERI;

EID: 0030071497     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-8741(95)01322-9     Document Type: Article

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