In vitro and in vivo trypanocidal activity of native plants from the Yucatan Peninsula

Parasitology Research

Volumn 110, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 31-35

  Polanco Hernández, Glendy ^a   Escalante Erosa, Fabiola ^a   García Sosa, Karlina ^a   Acosta Viana, Karla ^b   Chan Bacab, Manuel J ^c   Sagua Franco, Hernán ^d   González, Jorge ^d   Osorio Rodríguez, Luis ^d   Moo Puc, Rosa E ^e   Peña Rodríguez, Luis M ^a  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA DE YUCATÁN   (Mexico)

^b Centro de Investigaciones Regionales Dr Hideyo Noguchi   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE CAMPECHE   (Mexico)

^d UNIVERSIDAD DE ANTOFAGASTA   (Chile)

^e Centro Médico ignacio García Téllez IMSS   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ALLOPURINOL; BOURRERIA PULCHRA EXTRACT; BYRSONIMA BUCIDAEFOLIA EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; SENNA VILLOSA EXTRACT; SERJANIA YUCATANENSIS EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIPROTOZOAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BORAGINACEAE; BOURRERIA PULCHRA; BYRSONIMA BUCIDAEFOLIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; EPIMASTIGOTE; FABACEAE; FEMALE; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MALPIGHIACEAE; MEXICO; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; PLANT STEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAPINDACEAE; SENNA VILLOSA; SERJANIA YUCATANENSIS; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; TRYPANOSOMIASIS; TRYPOMASTIGOTE;

ANIMALS; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENTS; CHAGAS DISEASE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; FERNS; HUMANS; INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION 50; MEXICO; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; PARASITEMIA; PARASITIC SENSITIVITY TESTS; PLANT EXTRACTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

BOURRERIA; BYRSONIMA; MUS; SENNA VILLOSA; SERJANIA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 84857046482     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: 14321955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-011-2447-8     Document Type: Article

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