Antifilarial activity of Caesalpinia bonducella against experimental filarial infections

Indian Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 128, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 65-70

  Gaur, R L ^a   Sahoo, M K ^a   Dixit, S ^a   Fatma, N ^a   Rastogi, S ^b   Kulshreshtha, D K ^a   Chatterjee, R K ^a   Murthy, P K ^a  

^a CENTRAL DRUG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b CSIR NATIONAL BOTANICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Antifilarial activity; Brugia malayi; Caesalpinia bonducella; Litomosoides sigmodontis

Indexed keywords

BUTANOL; CAESALPINIA BONDUCELLA EXTRACT; DIETHYLCARBAMAZINE; HEXANE; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIFILARIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BRUGIA MALAYI; CAESALPINIA; CAESALPINIA BONDUCELLA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG ISOLATION; LITOMOSOIDES SIGMODONTIS; MICROFILARIASIS; NONHUMAN; RAT; RODENT; SEED KERNEL; WORM;

ANIMALS; BRUGIA MALAYI; CAESALPINIA; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELEPHANTIASIS, FILARIAL; FILARIOIDEA; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT PREPARATIONS; SEEDS; SIGMODONTINAE;

EID: 55849137974     PISSN: 09715916     EISSN: 09715916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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