In vitro assessment of praziquantel and a novel nanomaterial against protoscoleces of Echinococcus granulosus

Journal of Helminthology

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 26-29

  De, S ^a   Pan, D ^a   Bera, A K ^a   Sreevatsava, V ^a   Bandyopadhyay, S ^a,b   Chaudhuri, D ^c   Kumar, S ^a   Rana, T ^a   Das, S ^a   Das, S K ^a   Suryanaryana, V V ^a   Norjit Singh, M ^a   Bhattacharya, D ^a  

^a INDIAN VETERINARY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE ON YAK   (India)

^c CENTRAL AVIAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASPASE; NANOMATERIAL; PRAZIQUANTEL;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; DRUG MECHANISM; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS; IN VITRO STUDY; NECROSIS; NONHUMAN; PROTOSCOLECES;

ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; APOPTOSIS; CASPASE 3; ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS; HELMINTH PROTEINS; NANOSTRUCTURES; PRAZIQUANTEL;

ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS;

EID: 84856274681     PISSN: 0022149X     EISSN: 14752697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022149X10000908     Document Type: Article

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