In vitro screening of six anthelmintic plant products against larval Haemonchus contortus with a modified methyl-thiazolyl-tetrazolium reduction assay

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 108, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 85-89

  Hordegen P ^a   Cabaret, J ^b   Hertzberg, H ^a   Langhans, W ^c   Maurer, V ^a  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ORGANIC AGRICULTURE FIBL   (Switzerland)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Anthelmintic plants; Haemonchus contortus; MTT reduction assay

Indexed keywords

3 (4,5 DIMETHYL 2 THIAZOLYL) 2,5 DIPHENYLTETRAZOLIUM BROMIDE; ALCOHOL; ANANAS COMOSUS EXTRACT; ANTHELMINTIC AGENT; AZADIRACHTA INDICA EXTRACT; CAESALPINIA CRISTA EXTRACT; EMBELIA RIBES EXTRACT; FUMARIA PARVIFLORA EXTRACT; PYRANTEL TARTRATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VERNONIA ANTEHELMINTICA EXTRACT;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG EFFICACY; EXTRACTION; HAEMONCHUS; HAEMONCHUS CONTORTUS; LARVA; METHODOLOGY; MYRSINACEAE; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT; PLANT SEED; PLANT STEM; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; HAEMONCHUS; LARVA; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT PREPARATIONS;

ANANAS COMOSUS; ASTERACEAE; AZADIRACHTA INDICA; BROMELIACEAE; CAESALPINIA CRISTA; CAESALPINIOIDEAE; EMBELIA RIBES; FUMARIA PARVIFLORA; HAEMONCHUS CONTORTUS; MELIACEAE; MYRSINACEAE; NEMATODA; PAPAVERACEAE; VERNONIA ANTHELMINTICA;

EID: 33749466796     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2006.04.013     Document Type: Article

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