In vitro amoebicidal activity of four Allium species on Acanthamoeba castellanii and their cytotoxic potentials on corneal cells

Parasitology Research

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 397-402

  Polat, Zubeyde Akin ^a   Vural, Ayse ^a   Tepe, Bektas ^a   Cetin, Ali ^a  

^a CUMHURIYET UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GARLIC EXTRACT;

ACANTHAMOEBA CASTELLANII; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA CELL; CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG EFFICACY; GARLIC; IN VITRO STUDY; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACANTHAMOEBA CASTELLANII; ALLIUM; AMEBICIDES; ANIMALS; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLS, CULTURED; EPITHELIUM, CORNEAL; PLANT EXTRACTS; RABBITS;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ACANTHAMOEBA CASTELLANII; ALLIUM;

EID: 34250849839     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-007-0487-x     Document Type: Article

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