In vivo anthelmintic activity of ginger against gastrointestinal nematodes of sheep

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 106, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 285-287

  Iqbal, Zafar ^a   Lateef, Muhammad ^a   Akhtar, Muhammad Shoaib ^a   Ghayur, Muhammad Nabeel ^b   Gilani, Anwarul Hassan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Pakistan)

^b AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Anthelmintic; Ginger; Sheep; Trichostrongylid nematodes; Zingiber officinale

Indexed keywords

GINGER EXTRACT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTHELMINTIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GINGER; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; SHEEP; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

ANIMALS; ANTINEMATODAL AGENTS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FECES; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; GINGER; LEVAMISOLE; NEMATODE INFECTIONS; PAKISTAN; PARASITE EGG COUNT; PLANT EXTRACTS; RHIZOME; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES;

NEMATODA; OVIS ARIES; VERMES; ZINGIBER OFFICINALE; ZINGIBERACEAE;

EID: 33646784745     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2005.12.031     Document Type: Article

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