Evaluation of antileishmanial, cytotoxic and antioxidant activities of essential oils extracted from plants issued from the leishmaniasis-endemic region of Sned (Tunisia)

Natural Product Research

Volumn 25, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1195-1201

  Ben Hadj Ahmed, S ^a   Sghaier, R M ^b   Guesmi, F ^a,c   Kaabi, B ^b   Mejri, M ^d   Attia, H ^b   Laouini, D ^b   Smaali, I ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GAFSA   (Tunisia)

^b PASTEUR INSTITUTE OF TUNIS   (Tunisia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CARTHAGE   (Tunisia)

^d Institut Supérieur des Etudes Technologiques de Zaghouan   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; Antiparasitic; Cytotoxicity; Essential oils; GC MS; Leishmaniasis

Indexed keywords

ANTILEISHMANIAL AGENT; ANTIOXIDANT; CYTOTOXIC AGENT; ESSENTIAL OIL; RUTA CHALEPENSIS EXTRACT; THYMUS EXTRACT; THYMUS HIRTUS EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; DRUG SCREENING; IC 50; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LEISHMANIASIS; MACROPHAGE; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; TUNISIA;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENTS; BIPHENYL COMPOUNDS; CELL LINE; CYTOTOXINS; FREE RADICAL SCAVENGERS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION 50; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIASIS; MACROPHAGES; MICE; OILS, VOLATILE; PHYTOTHERAPY; PICRATES; PLANTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TUNISIA;

DRYOBALANOPS; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; MURINAE; PINUS HALEPENSIS; PITURANTHOS; ROSMARINUS OFFICINALIS; RUTA CHALEPENSIS; TETRACLINIS ARTICULATA; THYMUS HIRTUS;

EID: 79960490087     PISSN: 14786419     EISSN: 14786427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14786419.2010.534097     Document Type: Article

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