Large-scale in vitro screening of egyptian native and cultivated plants for schistosomicidal activity

Pharmaceutical Biology

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 501-510

  Yousif, Fouad ^a   Hifnawy, Mohamed S ^b   Soliman, Gamil ^c   Boulos, Loutfy ^d   Labib, Therese ^e   Mahmoud, Soheir ^a   Ramzy, Fatem ^a   Yousif, Miriam ^b   Hassan, Iman ^a   Mahmoud, Khaled ^f   El Hallouty, Salwa M ^f   El Gendy, Mohamed ^f   Gohar, Lamiaa ^f   El Manawaty, May ^f   Fayyad, Walid ^f   El Menshawi, Bassem S ^f  

^a THEODOR BILHARZ RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Egypt)

^b CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^c CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^d Alexandria University Faculty Of Science   (Egypt)

^e Orman Botanical Garden   (Egypt)

^f NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Egyptian plants; In vitro bioassay; Schistosoma mansoni; Schistosomicidal effect; Screening

Indexed keywords

AGAVE AMERICANA EXTRACT; AGAVE ANGUSTIFOLIA EXTRACT; AGAVE DECIPIENS EXTRACT; AGAVE LOPHANTHA EXTRACT; ALKANNA ORIENTALIS EXTRACT; ANTISCHISTOSOMAL AGENT; ASCLEPIAS SINAICA EXTRACT; BRACHYCHITON RUPESTRIS EXTRACT; CALENDULA ARVENSIS EXTRACT; CALOTROPIS PROCERA EXTRACT; CARISSA CARANDUS EXTRACT; CEREUS JAMACARU EXTRACT; CHAMAECYPARIS LAWSONIANA EXTRACT; COMMIPHORA MYRRHA EXTRACT; EUONYMUS JAPONICA EXTRACT; EUPHORBIA TIRUCALLI EXTRACT; FURCRAEA SELLOA EXTRACT; KHAYA GRANDIFOLIOLA EXTRACT; NAUPLIUS GRAVEOLENS EXTRACT; PERGULARIA TOMENTOSA EXTRACT; PIMENTA RACEMOSA EXTRACT; PINUS CANARIENSIS EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; SILENE SUCCULENTA EXTRACT; SOLANUM ELAEAGNIFOLIUM EXTRACT; SOLANUM NIGRUM EXTRACT; SWIETENIA MAHOGANY EXTRACT; THEVETIA PERUVIANA EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; VERBASCUM SINAITICUM EXTRACT;

AGAVE AMERICANA; AGAVE DECIPIENS; AGAVE LOPHANTHA; ALKANNA ORIENTALIS; ARTICLE; ASCLEPIAS SINAICA; BIOASSAY; BRACHYCHITON RUPESTRIS; CALENDULA ARVENSIS; CALOTROPIS PROCERA; CARISSA CARANDUS; CEREUS JAMACARU; CHAMAECYPARIS LAWSONIANA; COMMIPHORA MYRRHA; CULTURE MEDIUM; DRUG ACTIVITY; EGYPT; EUONYMUS JAPONICA; EUPHORBIA TIRUCALLI; FURCRAEA SELLOA; IN VITRO STUDY; KHAYA GRANDIFOLIOLA; LC 50; MEDICINAL PLANT; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PERGULARIA TOMENTOSA; PIMENTA RACEMOSA; PINUS CANARIENSIS; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCREENING; SILENE SUCCULENTA; SOLANUM ELAEAGNIFOLIUM; SOLANUM NIGRUM; SWIETENIA MAHOGANI; THEVETIA PERUVIANA; VERBASCUM SINAITICUM;

AGAVACEAE; AGAVE AMERICANA; ALKANNA ORIENTALIS; APOCYNACEAE; ASCLEPIAS SINAICA; BORAGINACEAE; BRACHYCHITON RUPESTRIS; CALOTROPIS PROCERA; FURCRAEA SELLOA; KHAYA GRANDIFOLIOLA; MALVACEAE; MELIACEAE; MYRTACEAE; PERGULARIA TOMENTOSA; PIMENTA RACEMOSA; PINACEAE; PINUS CANARIENSIS; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCROPHULARIACEAE; SOLANACEAE; SOLANUM ELAEAGNIFOLIUM; SWIETENIA MAHAGONI; VERBASCUM SINAITICUM;

EID: 34547214951     PISSN: 13880209     EISSN: 17445116     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13880200701389425     Document Type: Article

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