Plant extracts as natural amoebicidal agents

Parasitology Research

Volumn 104, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 705-708

  Derda, Monika ^a   Hadaś, Edward ^a   Thiem, Barbara ^a  

^a POZNAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIAMEBIC AGENT; ELLAGIC ACID; PLANT EXTRACT; PUERARIA LOBATA EXTRACT; RUBUS CHAMAEMORUS EXTRACT; SOLIDAGO GRAMINIFOLIA EXTRACT; SOLIDAGO VIRGAUREA EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; FLOWER; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MEDICINAL PLANT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE SURVIVAL; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERARIA LOBATA; RUBUS CHAMAEMORUS; SOLIDAGO GRAMINIFOLIA; SOLIDAGO VIRGAUREA; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; DRUG SENSITIVITY; PUERARIA; ROSACEAE; SOLIDAGO;

ACANTHAMOEBA SP.; ANIMALIA; EUTHAMIA GRAMINIFOLIA GRAMINIFOLIA; PUERARIA MONTANA VAR. LOBATA; RUBUS CHAMAEMORUS; SOLIDAGO VIRGAUREA;

ACANTHAMOEBA; AMEBICIDES; ANIMALS; PARASITIC SENSITIVITY TESTS; PLANT EXTRACTS; PUERARIA; ROSACEAE; SOLIDAGO;

EID: 63849102132     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-008-1277-9     Document Type: Article

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