Flavonoids and trypanocidal activity of Bulgarian propolis

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 88, Issue 2-3, 2003, Pages 189-193

  Prytzyk, Eliane ^a   Dantas, Andreia P ^b   Salomão, Kelly ^b   Pereira, Alberto S ^a   Bankova, Vassya S ^c   De Castro, Solange L ^b   Neto, Francisco R Aquino ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUTE OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Antibacterial activity; Antifungal activity; Flavonoids; High temperature gas chromatography; Propolis; Trypanosoma cruzi

Indexed keywords

ACETONE; ALCOHOL; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENT; CRYSTAL VIOLET; FLAVONOID; PROPOLIS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BULGARIA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CHEMISTRY; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG EFFECT; EPIMASTIGOTE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HIGH TEMPERATURE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; SAMPLING; STANDARDIZATION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 0041328611     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-8741(03)00210-1     Document Type: Article

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