Amoebicidal activity and chemical composition of Pterocaulon polystachyum (Asteraceae) essential oil

Parasitology Research

Volumn 109, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1367-1371

  Sauter, Ismael Pretto ^a   Dos Santos, Jaqueline Campiol ^b   Apel, Miriam A ^b   Cibulski, Samuel Paulo ^b   Roehe, Paulo Michel ^b   Von Poser, Gilsane Lino ^b   Rott, Marilise Brittes ^b  

^a Programa de Pós Graduação em Microbiologia Agrícola e Do Ambiente   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESSENTIAL OIL;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIPROTOZOAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG DETERMINATION; IN VITRO STUDY; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PTEROCAULON POLYSTACHYUM; TOXICITY TESTING; TROPHOZOITE;

ACANTHAMOEBA CASTELLANII; ANIMALS; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENTS; ASTERACEAE; CELL SURVIVAL; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; OILS, VOLATILE; PARASITIC SENSITIVITY TESTS; PLANT LEAVES; STAINING AND LABELING; TETRAZOLIUM SALTS; THIAZOLES; VERO CELLS;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ACANTHAMOEBA CASTELLANII; ACANTHAMOEBA POLYPHAGA; ASTERACEAE; MAMMALIA; PTEROCAULON;

EID: 82955233753     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: 14321955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-011-2383-7     Document Type: Article

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