Antifilarial activity of Zoanthus species (Phylum Coelenterata, Class Anthzoa) against human lymphatic filaria, Brugia malayi

Parasitology Research

Volumn 93, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 268-273

  Lakshmi, V ^a   Saxena, A ^a   Pandey, K ^a   Bajpai, Preeti ^a   Misra Bhattacharya, Shailja ^a  

^a CENTRAL DRUG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIFILARIAL AGENT; BUTANOL; HEXANE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZOANTHUS EXTRACT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRUGIA MALAYI; COELENTERATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; FILARIASIS; FRACTIONATION; LETHAL DOSE; MALE; MASTOMYS; MASTOMYS COUCHA; MICROFILARIA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RODENT; ZOANTHUS;

ANTHOZOA; BRUGIA; BRUGIA MALAYI; COELENTERATA; FILARIA; MASTOMYS; MASTOMYS COUCHA; ZOANTHUS;

EID: 3843102668     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-004-1124-6     Document Type: Article

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