In vitro anthelmintic activity of root-tuber extract of Flemingia vestita, an indigenous plant in Shillong, India

Parasitology Research

Volumn 83, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 492-498

  Tandon, V ^a   Pal, P ^a   Roy, B ^a   Rao, H S P ^b   Reddy, K S ^b  

^a NORTH EASTERN HILL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b PONDICHERRY UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENISTEIN; PLANT EXTRACT; PRAZIQUANTEL;

ANTHELMINTIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CESTODE; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; PLANT ROOT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; TREMATODE;

ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; ASCARIDIA; ASCARIDIDA; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; ASCARIS SUUM; CATTLE; CESTODA; FABACEAE; HUMANS; INDIA; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; PARAMPHISTOMATIDAE; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT ROOTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; POULTRY; SWINE;

EID: 0030923003     PISSN: 00443255     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004360050286     Document Type: Article

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