The microaerophilic flagellate Giardia intestinalis: Allium sativum (garlic) is an effective antigiardial

Microbiology

Volumn 146, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 3119-3127

  Harris, J C ^a   Plummer, S ^a   Turner, M P ^a   Lloyd, D ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Allyl alcohol; Allyl mercaptan; Calcofluor white; Protozoan

Indexed keywords

2 PROPENE 1 THIOL; ALLYL ALCOHOL; BIOCIDE; CALCIUM; FLUORINE; FLUOROCHROME; GARLIC EXTRACT; THIOL DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CELL VACUOLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOARCHITECTURE; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG DETERMINATION; DRUG MECHANISM; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FLAGELLATE; GARLIC; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; IC 50; INTERNALIZATION; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MEMBRANE VESICLE; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOPOGRAPHY;

ALLIUM SATIVUM; GIARDIA INTESTINALIS;

EID: 0034523050     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-146-12-3119     Document Type: Article

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