Anticestodal activity of Adhatoda vasica extract against Hymenolepis diminuta infections in rats

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 119, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 322-324

  Yadav, Arun K ^a   Tangpu, Vareishang ^a  

^a NORTH EASTERN HILL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Adhatoda vasica; Anticestodal efficacy; Hymenolepis diminuta; India

Indexed keywords

ADHATODA VASICA EXTRACT; METHANOL; PRAZIQUANTEL;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ADHATODA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CESTODIASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG EFFICACY; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HYMENOLEPIS DIMINUTA; MALE; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; RAT; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

ADHATODA; ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; HYMENOLEPIASIS; HYMENOLEPIS DIMINUTA; INDIA; MALE; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; PARASITE EGG COUNT; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; PRAZIQUANTEL; RATS;

HYMENOLEPIS DIMINUTA; JUSTICIA ADHATODA; RATTUS;

EID: 50949114433     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2008.07.012     Document Type: Article

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