Plant derived therapeutics for the treatment of Leishmaniasis

Phytomedicine

Volumn 18, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1056-1069

  Sen, Rupashree ^a   Chatterjee, Mitali ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF POST GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Amastigotes; Antileishmanial; Plant derived compounds

Indexed keywords

ALKALOID; ALOE VERA EXTRACT; AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTILEISHMANIAL AGENT; CHALCONE; CHENOPODIUM AMBROSIOIDES EXTRACT; FLAVONOID; GLYCYRRHIZA EXTRACT; INDOLE ALKALOID; LIGNAN; OXYLIPIN; PLANT EXTRACT; QUERCETIN; QUINONE DERIVATIVE; SAPONIN; STIBOGLUCONATE SODIUM; TANNIN; TERPENE; TERPENOID; VITEX NEGUNDO EXTRACT;

ALOE VERA; CEPHAELIS; GLYCYRRHIZA; GOOSEFOOT; HOST CELL; HUMAN; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LEISHMANIASIS; NONHUMAN; PARASITE VECTOR; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHODIDAE; REVIEW; SWERTIA; VITEX;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; LEISHMANIASIS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS;

HEXAPODA; MAMMALIA; PHLEBOTOMINAE; PROTOZOA; TRYPANOSOMATIDAE;

EID: 80052472092     PISSN: 09447113     EISSN: 1618095X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.phymed.2011.03.004     Document Type: Review

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