Effect of methanolic extracts of Artemisia aucheri and Camellia sinensis on Leishmania major (in vitro)

Turkish Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 365-369

  Sharif, Mehdi ^a   Ziaei, Hajar ^a   Azadbakht, Mohammad ^a   Daryani, Ahmad ^a   Ebadattalab, Akbar ^a   Rostami, Masoumeh ^a  

^a MAZANDARAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Artemisia aucheri; Camellia sinensis; Leishmania; Medicinal plant; Promastigote

Indexed keywords

CELLS; DISEASE CONTROL; DRUG PRODUCTS; GROWTH KINETICS; HEALTH RISKS; PATIENT MONITORING; PROTOZOA;

MEDICINAL AGENTS; METHANOLIC EXTRACTS; PARASITE MULTIPLICATION; PROMASTIGOTES;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

ARTEMISIA AUCHERI EXTRACT; CAMELLIA SINENSIS EXTRACT; HERBACEOUS AGENT; PLANT EXTRACT;

ARTEMISIA AUCHERI; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG ISOLATION; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LEISHMANIASIS; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; PROMASTIGOTE; TEA;

EID: 33845696020     PISSN: 13000144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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