Macrofilaricidal and microfilaricidal effects of Neurolaena lobata, a Guatemalan medicinal plant, on Brugia pahangi

Journal of Helminthology

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 23-28

  Fujimaki, Y ^a   Kamachi, T ^a   Yanagi, T ^a   Caceres A ^b   Maki, J ^c   Aoki, Y ^a  

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE SAN CARLOS DE GUATEMALA   (Guatemala)

^c KITASATO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACALYPHA GUATEMALENSIS EXTRACT; CHRYSOPHYLLUM CAINITO EXTRACT; CROTON GUATEMALENSIS EXTRACT; GLIRICIDIA SEPIUM EXTRACT; NEUROLAENA LOBATA EXTRACT; PETIVERIA ALLIACEA EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; PSIDIUM GUAJAVA EXTRACT; RAUWOLFIA TETRAPHYLLA EXTRACT; SMILAX REGELLII EXTRACT; TECOMA STANS EXTRACT; TRIDAX PROCUMBENS EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRUGIA PAHANGI; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DRUG POTENCY; FILARICIDAL ACTIVITY; GENDER; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; MEDICINAL PLANT; NEUROLAENA LOBATA; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; TIME; WORM;

ANIMALS; BRUGIA PAHANGI; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; FILARICIDES; GUATEMALA; MALE; MOVEMENT; PARASITIC SENSITIVITY TESTS; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; TIME FACTORS;

BRUGIA PAHANGI; LOBATA; NEUROLAENA LOBATA;

EID: 17144393743     PISSN: 0022149X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/JOH2004262     Document Type: Article

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