An ethanolic extract of leaves of Piper betle (Paan) Linn mediates its antileishmanial activity via apoptosis

Parasitology Research

Volumn 102, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1249-1255

  Sarkar, Avijit ^a   Sen, Rupashree ^a   Saha, Piu ^a   Ganguly, Sudipto ^a   Mandal, Goutam ^a   Chatterjee, Mitali ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF POST GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; BETEL EXTRACT; DEOXYRIBONUCLEOTIDYL TRANSFERASE; DEOXYURIDINE TRIPHOSPHATE PYROPHOSPHATASE; TRANSFERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMASTIGOTE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ACTIVITY; LEISHMANIASIS; MOUSE; NICK END LABELING; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMASTIGOTE;

ANIMALS; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENTS; APOPTOSIS; CELL CYCLE; CELL SURVIVAL; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION 50; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL, MITOCHONDRIAL; MICE; PARASITIC SENSITIVITY TESTS; PIPER BETLE; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES;

PIPER BETLE;

EID: 42049120290     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-008-0902-y     Document Type: Article

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