Toxocara canis: Potential activity of natural products against second-stage larvae in vitro and in vivo

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 126, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 191-197

  Reis, Mariana ^a   Trinca, Alcione ^a   Ferreira, Maria José U ^b   Monsalve Puello, Ana R ^c   Grácio, Maria Amélia A ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE HIGIENE E MEDICINA TROPICAL   (Portugal)

^b RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR MEDICINES IMED ULISBOA   (Portugal)

^c Nutrialimentos Jesana SL   (Spain)

Author keywords

Anthelmintic activity; Chenopodium ambrosioides; Nematode; Pycnanthus angolensis; Toxocara canis

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; CHENOPODIUM AMBROSIOIDES EXTRACT; CUCURBITA PEPO EXTRACT; DAUCUS CAROTA EXTRACT; GARLIC EXTRACT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; NUTRIDESINTOX; PLANT EXTRACT; PYCNANTHUS ANGOLENSIS EXTRACT; SESAMUM INDICUM EXTRACT; TRITICUM AESTIVUM EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTHELMINTIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CARROT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INFLAMMATORY INFILTRATE; LARVAL STAGE; LIVER; LUNG PARENCHYMA; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYCNANTHUS ANGOLENSIS; SESAME; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SQUASH; TOXOCARA CANIS; TOXOCARIASIS; WHEAT;

ALBENDAZOLE; ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTS; BRAIN; CHENOPODIUM AMBROSIOIDES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOGS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; LARVA; LIVER; LUNG; MALE; MICE; MYRISTICACEAE; PLANT BARK; PLANT EXTRACTS; TOXOCARA CANIS; TOXOCARIASIS;

CHENOPODIUM AMBROSIOIDES; MUS; PYCNANTHUS ANGOLENSIS; TOXOCARA CANIS;

EID: 77955266446     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: 10902449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exppara.2010.04.023     Document Type: Article

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