Caenorhabditis elegans as a model to screen plant extracts and compounds as natural anthelmintics for veterinary use

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 182, Issue 2-4, 2011, Pages 264-268

  Katiki, Luciana M ^a   Ferreira, Jorge F S ^b   Zajac, Anne M ^c   Masler, Carol ^d   Lindsay, David S ^c   Chagas, Ana Carolina S ^e   Amarante, Alessandro F T ^f  

^a INSTITUTO DE ZOOTECNIA   (Brazil)

^b APPALACHIAN FARMING SYSTEMS RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA MARYLAND REGIONAL COLLEGE OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Syst Botany and Mycology Laboratory   (United States)

^e EMBRAPA CERRADOS   (Brazil)

^f SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Anthelmintic plants; C. elegans; Gastrointestinal nematodes; Plant extracts

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ANTHELMINTIC AGENT; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; LABRASOL; METHANOL; PLANT EXTRACT; POLYSORBATE 20; POLYSORBATE 80; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SOLVENT; WATER;

ADULT ANIMAL; ANTHELMINTIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BOVIDS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DRUG SCREENING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HAEMONCHUS CONTORTUS; HOST; IN VITRO STUDY; NEMATODE; NEMATODIASIS; NONHUMAN; PARASITE VIABILITY; WORM EGG;

ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; PLANT EXTRACTS; SOLVENTS; VETERINARY DRUGS;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HAEMONCHUS CONTORTUS; MAMMALIA; NEMATODA;

EID: 80755140090     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: 18732550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2011.05.020     Document Type: Article

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