In vitro anthelmintic effects of cysteine proteinases from plants against intestinal helminths of rodents

Journal of Helminthology

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 353-360

  Stepek, Gillian ^a,c   Lowe, Ann E ^a   Buttle, David J ^b   Duce, Ian R ^a   Behnke, Jerzy M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHELMINTIC AGENT; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE; PLANT EXTRACT;

ANCYLOSTOMA CEYLANICUM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CESTODE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MECHANISM; FEMALE; FIG; HELIGMOSOMOIDES POLYGYRUS; HELMINTHIASIS; HOOKWORM; IN VITRO STUDY; INTEGUMENT; INTESTINE INFECTION; MALE; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; PAPAYA; PINEAPPLE; PLANT; RODENT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRICHURIS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANANAS; ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; CARICA; CYSTEINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; FEMALE; FICUS; HELMINTHIASIS; HELMINTHS; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; RODENTIA;

ANANAS COMOSUS; ANCYLOSTOMA CEYLANICUM; ANCYLOSTOMATOIDEA; CARICA PAPAYA; CESTODA; HELIGMOSOMOIDES POLYGYRUS; NEMATODA; PROTOSPIRURA MURICOLA; RODENTIA; RODENTOLEPIS MICROSTOMA; TRICHURIS MURIS; VERMES;

EID: 36849014922     PISSN: 0022149X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022149X0786408X     Document Type: Article

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