Antileishmanial activity of an essential oil from the leaves and flowers of Achillea millefolium

Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology

Volumn 104, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 475-483

  Santos, A O ^a   Santin, A C ^b   Yamaguchi, M U ^b,c   Cortez, L E R ^b   Ueda Nakamura, T ^c   Dias Filho, B P ^a,c   Nakamura, C V ^a,c  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF LONDRINA   (Brazil)

^b Centro Universitario de Maringa   (Brazil)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF MARINGÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTILEISHMANIAL AGENT; ESSENTIAL OIL;

ACHILLEA; AMASTIGOTE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL CELL CULTURE; ANTILEISHMANIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG SYNTHESIS; FLOWER; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; IN VITRO STUDY; INFLAMMATION; LEISHMANIA; MACROPHAGE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MORPHOLOGY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PAIN; PLANT LEAF; PROMASTIGOTE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ACHILLEA; ANIMALS; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENTS; CELL LINE; CELL SURVIVAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FLOWERS; INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION 50; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIASIS; MACROPHAGES, PERITONEAL; MICE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; OILS, VOLATILE; PARASITIC SENSITIVITY TESTS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT OILS;

ACHILLEA; ACHILLEA MILLEFOLIUM; LEISHMANIA AMAZONENSIS; MURINAE;

EID: 77957308123     PISSN: 00034983     EISSN: 13648594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/136485910X12786389891281     Document Type: Article

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