Effects of crude extracts of Mucuna pruriens (Fabaceae) and Carica papaya (Caricaceae) against the protozoan fish parasite Ichthyophthirius multifiliis

Parasitology Research

Volumn 92, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 361-366

  Ekanem, A P ^b   Obiekezie, A ^b   Kloas, W ^a,c   Knopf, K ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF FRESHWATER ECOLOGY AND INLAND FISHERIES   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALABAR   (Nigeria)

^c HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARICA PAPAYA EXTRACT; MUCUNA PRURIENS EXTRACT; PETROLEUM ETHER; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG SCREENING; GOLDFISH; ICHTHYOPHTHIRIUS MULTIFILIIS; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INFECTION CONTROL; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PARASITE CONTROL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; PROTOZOON;

ANIMALS; CARICA; FISH DISEASES; GOLDFISH; HYMENOSTOMATIDA; MUCUNA; PARASITIC SENSITIVITY TESTS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS, ANIMAL; SEEDS;

CARASSIUS AURATUS; CARASSIUS AURATUS AURATUS; CARICA; CARICA PAPAYA; CARICACEAE; CILIOPHORA; FABACEAE; ICHTHYOPHTHIRIUS MULTIFILIIS; MUCUNA; MUCUNA PRURIENS; PROTOZOA;

EID: 1842789816     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-003-1038-8     Document Type: Article

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