Antifilarial lead molecules isolated from Trachyspermum ammi

Molecules

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 2156-2168

  Mathew, Nisha ^a   Misra Bhattacharya, Shailja ^b   Perumal, Vanamail ^a   Muthuswamy, Kalyanasundaram ^a  

^a VECTOR CONTROL RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

^b CENTRAL DRUG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Antifilarial; Brugia malayi; Setaria digitata; Thymol; Trachyspermum ammi

Indexed keywords

ANTHELMINTIC AGENT; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; PLANT EXTRACT; TERPENE;

ANIMAL; APIALES; ARTICLE; BRUGIA MALAYI; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; FILARIASIS; HUMAN; MURINAE; PARASITOLOGY; SETARIA; SETARIASIS; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; APIACEAE; BRUGIA MALAYI; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; FILARIASIS; HUMANS; MONOTERPENES; MURINAE; PHENOLS; PLANT EXTRACTS; SETARIA NEMATODE; SETARIASIS; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

EID: 53249142406     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14203049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/molecules13092156     Document Type: Article

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