Anti-Trypanosoma cruzi and cytotoxic activities of Eugenia uniflora L

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 131, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 130-132

  Santos, Karla K A ^a   Matias, Edinardo F F ^a   Tintino, Saulo R ^a   Souza, Celestina E S ^a   Braga, Maria F B M ^a   Guedes, Gláucia M M ^a   Rolón, Miriam ^b   Vega, Celeste ^b   de Arias, Antonieta Rojas ^b   Costa, José G M ^a   Menezes, Irwin R A ^a   Coutinho, Henrique D M ^a  

^a REGIONAL UNIVERSITY OF CARIRI   (Brazil)

^b Ctro Para el Desarrollo de la Invest Cientifica Fundacion Moises Bertoni Laboratorio Diaz Gill   (Paraguay)

Author keywords

Antiepimastigote activity; Chagas disease; Cytotoxicity; Eugenia uniflora; Trypanosoma cruzi

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; EUGENIA UNIFLORA EXTRACT; NIFURTIMOX;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIPROTOZOAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG EFFICACY; EPIMASTIGOTE; IN VITRO STUDY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

ANIMALS; CELL LINE; CELL SURVIVAL; COLORIMETRY; EUGENIA; MACROPHAGES; MICE; PLANT EXTRACTS; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EUGENIA UNIFLORA; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 84860296600     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: 10902449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exppara.2012.02.019     Document Type: Article

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