In vitro lethal effect of ajowan (Trachyspermum ammi L.) essential oil on hydatid cyst protoscoleces

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 187, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 203-208

  Moazeni, Mohammad ^a   Saharkhiz, Mohammad Jamal ^a   Hosseini, Ali Akbar ^b  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Terpinene; Ajowan; Essential oil; Hydatid cyst; P Cymene; Scolicidal; Thymol; Trachyspermum ammi

Indexed keywords

EOSIN; ESSENTIAL OIL; NATURAL PRODUCT; P CYMEME; TERPINENE; THYMOL; TRACHYSPERMUM AMMI ESSENTIAL OIL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTHELMINTIC ACTIVITY; APIACEAE; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EXPOSURE; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; FRUIT; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYDRODISTILLATION; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PARASITE EXAMINATION; PARASITE ISOLATION; PARASITE VIABILITY; PROTOSCOLEX; PROTOSCOLICIDAL ACTIVITY; SCOLEX; TRACHYSPERMUM AMMI;

ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; CARUM; ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS; OILS, VOLATILE; PLANT OILS;

TRACHYSPERMUM AMMI;

EID: 84860663647     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: 18732550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2011.12.025     Document Type: Article

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