In vivo antigiardial activity of three flavonoids isolated of some medicinal plants used in Mexican traditional medicine for the treatment of diarrhea

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 109, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 552-554

  Barbosa, Elizabeth ^a,b   Calzada, Fernando ^a   Campos, Rafael ^b  

^a HOSPITAL DE PEDIATRÍA   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

Author keywords

( ) Epicatechin; Antigiardial activity; Flavonoids; Giardia lamblia; Kaempferol; Medicinal plants; Tiliroside

Indexed keywords

CUPHEA PINETORUM EXTRACT; EMETINE; EPICATECHIN; FLAVONOID; GERANIUM MEXICANUM EXTRACT; HELIANTHEMUM GLOMERATUM EXTRACT; KAEMPFEROL; METRONIDAZOLE; PLANT EXTRACT; RUBUS CORIIFOLIUS EXTRACT; TILIROSIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIPROTOZOAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUPHEA PINETORUM; DIARRHEA; DRUG DETERMINATION; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG POTENCY; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GERANIUM MEXICANUM; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; HELIANTHEMUM GLOMERATUM; IN VIVO STUDY; MEDICINAL PLANT; MEXICO; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; RUBUS CORIIFOLIUS; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALS; BENZOPYRANS; CATECHIN; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; KAEMPFEROLS; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; MEXICO; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL;

CUPHEA; GIARDIA INTESTINALIS; HELIANTHEMUM GLOMERATUM; MUS; RUBUS CORIIFOLIUS;

EID: 33846162296     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2006.09.009     Document Type: Article

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