Development of in vitro screening system for assessment of antifilarial activity of compounds

Acta Tropica

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 251-255

  Mukherjee, Monisha ^a   Misra, Shailja ^a   Chatterjee, R K ^a  

^a CENTRAL DRUG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Inhibition; Acanthocheilonema viteae; Antifilarials; In vitro screening; Motility; MTT

Indexed keywords

ANTIFILARIAL AGENT;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; PESTICIDE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; FEMALE; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE; SCREENING TEST; WORM;

ANIMALS; COLORIMETRY; COLORING AGENTS; DIPETALONEMA; DIPETALONEMA INFECTIONS; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; FILARICIDES; MALE; MICROFILARIA; MOVEMENT; MURIDAE; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; TETRAZOLIUM SALTS; THIAZOLES;

EID: 0032581443     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-706X(98)00016-3     Document Type: Article

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