Trematocidal activity of praziquantel and artemisinin derivatives: In vitro and in vivo investigations with adult Echinostoma caproni

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 803-805

  Keiser, Jennifer ^a   Brun, Reto ^a   Fried, Bernard ^b   Utzinger, Jürg ^a  

^a SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b LAFAYETTE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTEETHER; ARTEMETHER; ARTEMISININ; ARTEMISININ DERIVATIVE; ARTESUNATE; DIHYDROARTEMISININ; PRAZIQUANTEL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG STRUCTURE; ECHINOSTOMA; ECHINOSTOMA CAPRONI; FEMALE; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; WORM INFECTION;

ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; ARTEMISININS; ECHINOSTOMA; ECHINOSTOMIASIS; FEMALE; MICE; PRAZIQUANTEL; SESQUITERPENES;

EID: 31944435391     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.50.2.803-805.2006     Document Type: Article

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