Anthelmintic efficacy of medicinal plants from Northeast India against Hookworms: An In vitro study on ancylostoma ceylanicum

Pharmacologyonline

Volumn 3, Issue , 2008, Pages 697-707

  Lyndem, L M ^a,b   Tandon, Veena ^a   Das, B ^a,c  

^a NORTH EASTERN HILL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b VISVA BHARATI UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c MANIPAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Ancylostoma ceylanicum; Flemingia vestita; Genistein; Mebendazole; Stephania glabra; Trichosanthes multiloba

Indexed keywords

ANTHELMINTIC AGENT; ANTIPARASITIC AGENT; FLEMINGIA VESTITA EXTRACT; GENISTIN; HERBACEOUS AGENT; MEBENDAZOLE; PETROLEUM; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT; STEPHANIA GLABRA EXTRACT; TRICHOSANTHES MULTILOBA EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANCYLOSTOMA CEYLANICUM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTHELMINTIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DETERMINATION; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG ISOLATION; FEMALE; FLEMINGIA VESTITA; HOOKWORM INFECTION; IN VITRO STUDY; INDIA; LEGUME; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; PARASITE MIGRATION; PARASITE SURVIVAL; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STEPHANIA; STEPHANIA GLABRA; SYRIAN HAMSTER; TRICHOSANTHES; TRICHOSANTHES MULTILOBA;

EID: 58149213939     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18278620     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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