Screening of Mexican medicinal plants for antiprotozoal activity - Part II

Pharmaceutical Biology

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 180-183

  Tapia Perez M E ^a   Tapia Contreras, A ^a   Cedillo Rivera, R ^a   Osuna, L ^a   Meckes, Mariana ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTO MEXICANO DEL SEGURO SOCIAL   (Mexico)

^b HOSPITAL DE PEDIATRÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Antiprotozoal effects; Entamoeba histolytica; Giardia lamblia; Infectious diarrhea; Medicinal plants

Indexed keywords

ALTERNANTHERA REPENS EXTRACT; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENT; BOERHAVIA COCCINEA EXTRACT; FLAVERIA TRINERVIA EXTRACT; GERANIUM NIVEUM EXTRACT; LEUCAENA ESCULENTA EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; TOURNEFORTIA DENSIFLORA EXTRACT; TRADESCANTIA ZEBRINA EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VITIX MOLLIS EXTRACT; WALTHERIA AMERICANA EXTRACT;

ALTERNANTHERA REPENS; ANTIPROTOZOAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BOERHAVIA COCCINEA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG SYNTHESIS; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; FLAVERIA TRINERVIA; GERANIUM NIVEUM; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; LEUCAENA ESCULENTA; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; TOURNEFORTIA DENSIFLORA; TRADESCANTIA ZEBRINA; TROPHOZOITE; VITEX MOLLIS; WALTHERIA AMERICANA;

ALTERNANTHERA; ALTERNANTHERA PUNGENS; BOERHAVIA; BOERHAVIA COCCINEA; COCCOIDEA; ENTAMOEBA; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; FLAVERIA; FLAVERIA TRINERVIA; GIARDIA; GIARDIA INTESTINALIS; LEUCAENA; LEUCAENA ESCULENTA; TOURNEFORTIA; TRADESCANTIA; TRADESCANTIA ZEBRINA; VITEX; WALTHERIA; WALTHERIA INDICA; ZEBRINA;

EID: 0038502188     PISSN: 13880209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/phbi.41.3.180.15100     Document Type: Article

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