Effect of oregano (Origanum vulgare L.) and thyme (Thymus vulgaris L.) essential oils on Trypanosoma cruzi (Protozoa: Kinetoplastida) growth and ultrastructure

Parasitology Research

Volumn 100, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 783-790

  Santoro, Giani F ^a   Das Graças Cardoso, Maria ^b   Guimarães, Luiz Gustavo L ^b   Salgado, Ana Paula S P ^b   Menna Barreto, Rubem F S ^a   Soares, Maurilio J ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF LAVRAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESSENTIAL OIL; OREGANO OIL; THYME OIL; THYMOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL GROWTH; CELL SWELLING; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG ISOLATION; EPIMASTIGOTE; FLAGELLUM; IC 50; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; MICROBIAL GROWTH; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OREGANO; PERITONEUM MACROPHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THYME; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; TRYPOMASTIGOTE;

ANIMALS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; OILS, VOLATILE; ORIGANUM; PLANT OILS; THYMOL; THYMUS PLANT; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

KINETOPLASTIDA; ORIGANUM; ORIGANUM VULGARE; PROTOZOA; THYMUS VULGARIS; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 33846568943     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-006-0326-5     Document Type: Article

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