Effect of ethyl acetate extract from husk fiber water of Cocos nucifera in Leishmania braziliensis infected hamsters

Revista Brasileira de Farmacognosia

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1006-1011

  Freitas, José C C ^a   Nunes Pinheiro, Diana C S ^a   Pessoa, Adriana W P ^a   Silva, Luis C R ^a   Girão, Virgínia C C ^b   Lopes Neto, Belarmino E ^a   Agostinho, Michelle S ^a   Abreu, Cyntia R A ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FORTALEZA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cocos nucifera; Hematological parameters; Immune response; In vivo infection; Leishmania braziliensis

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; COCONUT EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CELL INFILTRATION; COCONUT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG ISOLATION; EDEMA; EOSINOPHILIA; FOOT PAD; FRUIT HUSK; LEISHMANIA BRAZILIENSIS; LEISHMANIASIS; LEUKOCYTE; LYMPH NODE; LYMPHOCYTE; MALE; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; SKIN DEFECT; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

EID: 80054854398     PISSN: 0102695X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0102-695X2011005000138     Document Type: Article

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