Antiprotozoal properties of Helianthemum glomeratum

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 102-105

  Meckes, Mariana ^a   Calzada, Fernando ^a   Tapia Contreras, Amparo ^a   Cedillo Rivera, Roberto ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DE PEDIATRÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

( ) epigallocatechin; Antiprotozoan; Diarrhoea; Medicinal plants; Polyphenols

Indexed keywords

ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENT; EPIGALLOCATECHIN; FLAVANOL DERIVATIVE; PLANT EXTRACT;

ANTIPROTOZOAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; NONHUMAN;

ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; GIARDIA INTESTINALIS; HELIANTHEMUM GLOMERATUM;

EID: 0032994397     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-1573(199903)13:2<102::aid-ptr408>3.0.co;2-%23     Document Type: Article

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