In vitro amoebicidal activity of ethanol extracts of Arachis hypogaea L., Curcuma longa L. and Pancratium maritimum L. on Acanthamoeba castellanii cysts

Parasitology Research

Volumn 110, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1985-1992

  El Sayed, Nagwa Mostafa ^a   Ismail, Khadiga Ahmed ^b   Ahmed, Sabah Abd El Ghany ^b   Hetta, Mona Hafez ^c  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF OPHTHALMOLOGY   (Egypt)

^b AIN SHAMS UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^c Beni Suef University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CHLORHEXIDINE; CURCUMA LONGA EXTRACT; PANCRATIUM MARITIMUM EXTRACT; PEANUT EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACANTHAMOEBA CASTELLANII; AMOEBICIDAL ACTIVITY; ANGIOSPERM; ANTIPROTOZOAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTIVATED SPECIES; CYST (RESTING STAGE); DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFICACY; GROWTH INHIBITION; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; INCUBATION TIME; KERATITIS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PANCRATIUM MARITIMUM; PARASITE ISOLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACANTHAMOEBA CASTELLANII; AMEBIASIS; AMEBICIDES; ARACHIS HYPOGAEA; CURCUMA; HUMANS; LILIACEAE; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; PLANT EXTRACTS; SPORES, PROTOZOAN; TIME FACTORS;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ACANTHAMOEBA CASTELLANII; ARACHIS HYPOGAEA; CURCUMA LONGA; NARCISSUS PSEUDONARCISSUS; PANCRATIUM MARITIMUM;

EID: 84863430845     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: 14321955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-011-2727-3     Document Type: Article

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