Capacity building in anthelmintic drug discovery

Expert Opinion on Drug Discovery

Volumn 2, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2007, Pages

  Kron, Michael ^a   Yousif, Fouad ^b   Ramirez, Bernadette ^c  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b THEODOR BILHARZ RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Egypt)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES MANILA   (Philippines)

Author keywords

Anthelmintic; Egypt TDR drug discovery; Filariasis; Philippines; Schistosomiasis

Indexed keywords

ABRUS PRECATORIUS EXTRACT; ALBENDAZOLE; ANTHELMINTIC AGENT; ANTIPARASITIC AGENT; ARTEMETHER; ARTEMISIN; BALANITIES AEGYPTICA EXTRACT; BERKHEYA SPECIOSA EXTRACT; COMMIPHORA MOLMOL EXTRACT; ELEPHANTORRHIZA GOETZEI EXTRACT; EREMANTHUS GOYAZENSIS EXTRACT; EUCLEA NATALENSIS EXTRACT; FERULA ASSAFOETIDA EXTRACT; JBH 01; LCM 02; LEDEBOURIA OVATIFOLIA EXTRACT; MILLETTIA THONNINGII EXTRACT; MIRAZID; NIGELLA SATIVA EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT; PRAZIQUANTEL; QUININE; SCILLA NATALENSIS EXTRACT; TRICHILIA EMETICA EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGAVE; ANTHELMINTIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASTERACEAE; BALANITIES AEGYPTICA; BERKHEYA SPECIOSA; COMMIPHORA; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG SCREENING; EBENACEAE; ELEPHANTORRHIZA GOETZEI; EREMANTHUS GOYAZENSIS; EUCLEA NATALENSIS; FENNEL; FERULA ASSAFOETIDA; HUMAN; LEDEBOURIA OVATIFOLIA; MALARIA; MEDICINAL PLANT; MELIACEAE; MILLETTIA; MILLETTIA THONNINGII; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PLANT ROOT; PLANT STEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SCILLA NATALENSIS; SOLVENT EXTRACTION; TRICHILIA EMETICA;

EID: 35348986947     PISSN: 17460441     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1517/17460441.2.S1.S75     Document Type: Article

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