In vitro screening of Asteraceae plant species against Trypanosoma cruzi

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 636-638

  Chiari, Egler ^a   Duarte, Dâmaris S ^a   Raslan, Délio S ^a   Saúde, Dênia A ^a   Perry, Katia S P ^a   Boaventura, Maria Amélia D ^a   Grandi, Telma S M ^a   Stehmann, João R ^a   Anjos, Antônio Mauro G ^a   De Oliveira, Alaide B ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Asteraceae; Chagas' disease; Trypanosoma cruzi; Trypomastigote

Indexed keywords

ASTERACEAE EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIPROTOZOAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHAGAS DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL INFECTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; SCREENING; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; TRYPOMASTIGOTE;

TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 10544243365     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1573(199611)10:7<636::AID-PTR921>3.0.CO;2-6     Document Type: Article

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