Valeriana wallichii root extracts and fractions with activity against Leishmania spp

Parasitology Research

Volumn 108, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 861-871

  Ghosh, Subhalakshmi ^a   Debnath, Sukalyani ^a   Hazra, Sudipta ^a   Hartung, Andreas ^b   Thomale, Katja ^b   Schultheis, Martina ^b   Kapkova, Petra ^b   Schurigt, Uta ^b   Moll, Heidrun ^b   Holzgrabe, Ulrike ^b   Hazra, Banasri ^a  

^a JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLOROFORM; DNA; METHANOL; PHOSPHATIDYLSERINE; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VALERIANA WALLICHII EXTRACT;

AMASTIGOTE; ANTIPROTOZOAL ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DNA FRAGMENTATION; IC 50; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; MICROBIAL MORPHOLOGY; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE; NONHUMAN; PLANT ROOT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMASTIGOTE; VALERIANA; VALERIANA WALLICHII;

ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENTS; APOPTOSIS; INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION 50; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; PARASITIC SENSITIVITY TESTS; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT ROOTS; VALERIAN;

LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; VALERIANA; VALERIANA WALLICHII;

EID: 79956218274     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: 14321955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-010-2127-0     Document Type: Article

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