Efficacy of a grapefruit extract on head lice: A clinical trial

Parasitology Research

Volumn 106, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 445-449

  Abdel Ghaffar, Fathy ^a   Semmler, Margit ^a   Al Rasheid, Khaled ^b   Klimpel, Sven ^c   Mehlhorn, Heinz ^c  

^a CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^c HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRAPEFRUIT EXTRACT; INSECTICIDE; LICATACK; SHAMPOO; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; PLANT EXTRACT;

ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; FOAM; HAIR; HUMAN; INSECTICIDAL ACTIVITY; LARVAL STAGE; MALE; MASSAGE; MOTHER; NONHUMAN; PEDICULOSIS; PEDICULUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN BURNING SENSATION; TIME; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; GRAPEFRUIT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; SURVIVAL;

CITRUS X PARADISI; PEDICULUS HUMANUS; PEDICULUS HUMANUS CAPITIS; PHTHIRAPTERA;

ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CITRUS PARADISI; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSECTICIDES; MALE; PEDICULUS; PLANT EXTRACTS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77949271628     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-009-1683-7     Document Type: Article

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