Medicinal plants and the control of parasites: Novel anthelmintic compounds and molluscicides from medicinal plants

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 90, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 596-600

  Whitfield, P J ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Allelochemicals; Anthelmintics; Molluscicides; Plants

Indexed keywords

ANTHELMINTIC AGENT; CYTOTOXIN; MOLLUSCACIDE; NICLOSAMIDE; PLANT EXTRACT;

ANTHELMINTIC ACTIVITY; BIOASSAY; HELMINTHIASIS; MEDICINAL PLANT; PARASITE CONTROL; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SHORT SURVEY; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG SCREENING; HELMINTH; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; DRUG EVALUATION, PRECLINICAL; HELMINTHS; HUMANS; MOLLUSCACIDES; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; SCHISTOSOMIASIS;

EID: 0030448363     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(96)90401-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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