The influence of exposure to Euphorbia splendens var. hislopii latex on the concentrations of total proteins and nitrogen products in Biomphalaria glabrata infected with Schistosoma mansoni

Acta Tropica

Volumn 117, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 101-104

  Mello Silva, Clélia Christina ^a   de Vasconcellos, Maurício Carvalho ^a   Bezerra, José Clecildo Barreto ^b   Rodrigues, Maria de Lurdes Azevedo ^c   Pinheiro, Jairo ^c  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF GOIÁS   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL RURAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Biomphalaria glabrata; Euphorbia splendens var. hislopii; Molluscicides; Schistosomiasis

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN; UREA; URIC ACID;

ANGIOSPERM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ECOTOXICOLOGY; METABOLISM; NITROGEN; PARASITE; POLYMER; PROTEIN; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SNAIL; SUBLETHAL EFFECT; UREA;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL AGENT; BIOMPHALARIA GLABRATA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY METABOLISM; EUPHORBIA; EUPHORBIA SPLENDENS; HEMOLYMPH; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; LC 50; METABOLIC REGULATION; NITROGEN METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PROTEIN CONTENT; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; VECTOR CONTROL;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BIOMPHALARIA; EUPHORBIA; LETHAL DOSE 50; PROTEINS; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; UREA; URIC ACID;

BIOMPHALARIA GLABRATA; EUPHORBIA SPLENDENS; GASTROPODA; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI;

EID: 78650992781     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2010.10.007     Document Type: Article

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