Screening of native plants from Yucatan for anti-Giardia lamblia activity

Pharmaceutical Biology

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 594-598

  Peraza Sánchez, Sergio R ^a   Poot Kantún, Seydi ^a   Torres Tapia, Luis W ^a   May Pat, Filogonio ^a   Simá Polanco, Paulino ^a   Cedillo Rivera, Roberto ^b  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA DE YUCATÁN   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE YUCATÁN   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Antiprotozoal activity; Giardia lamblia; Infectious diarrhea; Yucatecan medicinal plants

Indexed keywords

ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENT; BYRSONIMA CRASSIFOLIA EXTRACT; CUPANIA DENTATA EXTRACT; DIPHYSA CARTHAGENENSIS EXTRACT; DORSTENIA CONTRAJERVA EXTRACT; GLIRICIDIA SEPIUM EXTRACT; JUSTICIA SPICIGERA EXTRACT; METRONIDAZOLE; PLANT EXTRACT; PLUCHEA ODORATA EXTRACT; SPIGELIA ANTHELMIA EXTRACT; TRIDAX PROCUMBENS EXTRACT; TRIUMFETTA SEMITRILOBA EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIPROTOZOAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BYRSONIMA CRASSIFOLIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUPANIA DENTATA; DIPHYSA CARTHAGENENSIS; DORSTENIA CONTRAJERVA; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; GLIRICIDIA SEPIUM; IC 50; JUSTICIA SPICIGERA; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; PLUCHEA ODORATA; SPIGELIA ANTHELMIA; TRIDAX PROCUMBENS; TRIUMFETTA SEMITRILOBA; TROPHOZOITE;

BYRSONIMA CRASSIFOLIA; CUPANIA; DORSTENIA CONTRAJERVA; GIARDIA INTESTINALIS; GLIRICIDIA SEPIUM; JUSTICIA SPICIGERA; PLUCHEA ODORATA; SPIGELIA ANTHELMIA; TRIDAX PROCUMBENS; TRIUMFETTA SEMITRILOBA;

EID: 30344477932     PISSN: 13880209     EISSN: 17445116     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13880200500301720     Document Type: Article

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