In vitro anti-epimastigote activity of some iranian medicinal plants

Iranian Journal of Pharmaceutical Research

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 101-103

  Saeidnia, Soodabeh ^a   Gohari, Ahmad Reza ^a   Kiuchi, Fumiyuki ^b   Honda, Gisho ^c  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Japan)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Achillea biebersteinii; Achillea millefolium; Chagas disease; Epimastigote; Satureja macrantha; Satureja mutica; Trypanocidal activity

Indexed keywords

EID: 39149112094     PISSN: 17350328     EISSN: 17266890     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.22037/IJPR.2010.623     Document Type: Article

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