In vitro screening of plant lectins and tropical plant extracts for anthelmintic properties

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 186, Issue 3-4, 2012, Pages 390-398

  Rios de alvarez L ^a   Jackson, F ^b   Greer, A ^c   Bartley, Y ^b   Bartley, D J ^b   Grant, G ^d   Huntley, J F ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA   (Venezuela)

^b MOREDUN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^d ROWETT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gastrointestinal nematodes; In vitro; Larval feeding inhibition test; Plant lectins; Plant secondary metabolites

Indexed keywords

AGGLUTININ; ALBUMIN; ANTHELMINTIC AGENT; ANTIPARASITIC AGENT; AZADIRACHTA INDICA EXTRACT; CONCANAVALIN A; FETUIN; GLIRICIDIA SEPIUM EXTRACT; GLUCOSE; JACALIN; KIDNEY BEAN ALBUMIN; LECTIN; LEUCAENA LEUCOCEPHALA EXTRACT; MACROGOL; MANNOSE; MULBERRY EXTRACT; N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININ; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININ E2L2; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININ E3L; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININ L4; PLANT LECTIN; TRICHANTHERA GIGANTEA EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTHELMINTIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG POTENCY; DRUG RESEARCH; DRUG SCREENING; GLIRICIDIA SEPIUM; HAEMONCHUS CONTORTUS; IC 50; IN VITRO STUDY; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; LEUCAENA LEUCOCEPHALA; MEDICINAL PLANT; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE LOCALIZATION; TELADORSAGIA CIRCUMCINCTA; TRICHANTHERA GIGANTEA; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS COLUBRIFORMIS;

ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; LARVA; NEMATODA; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LECTINS; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

DOLICHOS BIFLORUS; GALANTHUS NIVALIS; GLIRICIDIA SEPIUM; HAEMONCHUS CONTORTUS; LEUCAENA LEUCOCEPHALA; MAACKIA AMURENSIS; MACLURA POMIFERA; MORUS ALBA; NEMATODA; OVIS; OVIS ARIES; PHASEOLUS VULGARIS; ROBINIA PSEUDOACACIA; TELADORSAGIA CIRCUMCINCTA; TRICHANTHERA GIGANTEA; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS COLUBRIFORMIS; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 84860260429     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: 18732550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2011.11.004     Document Type: Article

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