In vitro screening of two Nigerian medicinal plants (Vernonia amygdalina and Annona senegalensis) for anthelmintic activity

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 73-81

  Alawa, C B I ^a,b   Adamu, A M ^b   Gefu, J O ^b   Ajanusi, O J ^b   Abdu, P A ^b   Chiezey, N P ^b   Alawa, J N ^b   Bowman, D D ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Annona senegalensis; Anthelmintic; Haemonchus contortus; Vernonia amygdalina

Indexed keywords

ANNONA SENEGALENSIS EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VERNONIA AMYGDALINA EXTRACT;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; ANNONA SENEGALENSIS; ANTHELMINTIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG SCREENING; EGG; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HAEMONCHUS CONTORTUS; IN VITRO STUDY; LARVA; LIVESTOCK; MEDICINAL PLANT; NIGERIA; NONHUMAN; VERNONIA AMYGDALINA;

ANNONA; ANNONA SENEGALENSIS; HAEMONCHUS CONTORTUS; VERNONIA; VERNONIA AMYGDALINA;

EID: 0037414060     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4017(03)00040-2     Document Type: Article

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