Biological activities of essential oil obtained from Cymbopogon citratus on Crithidia deanei

Acta Protozoologica

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 231-240

  Pedroso, Raíssa Bocchi ^a   Ueda Nakamura, Tânia ^b   Dias Filho, Benedito Prado ^b   Cortez, Diógenes Aparício Garcia ^c   Cortez, Lúcia Elaine Ranieri ^d   Morgado Díaz, José Andrés ^e   Nakamura, Celso Vataru ^b,c  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF LONDRINA   (Brazil)

^b Laboratório de Microbiologia Aplicada Aos Produtos Naturais e Sintéticos   (Brazil)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF MARINGÁ   (Brazil)

^d Centro de Ensino Superior de Maringá   (Brazil)

^e INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CÂNCER   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Antiprotozoan activity; Crithidia deanei; Cymbopogon citratus; Medicinal plants

Indexed keywords

CRITHIDIA; CRITHIDIA DEANEI; CYMBOPOGON CITRATUS; INSECTA; TRYPANOSOMATIDAE;

EID: 33748372124     PISSN: 00651583     EISSN: 16890027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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