Detection of anti-leishmanial effect of the Lucilia sericata larval secretions in vitro and in vivo on Leishmania tropica: First work

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 132, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 129-134

  Polat, Erdal ^a   Cakan, Huseyin ^b   Aslan, Mustafa ^a   Sirekbasan, Serhat ^a   Kutlubay, Zekayi ^a   Ipek, Turgut ^a   Ozbilgin, Ahmet ^c  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c CELAL BAYAR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL FACULTY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cutaneous sore; Leishmania tropica; Lucilia sericata; Maggot; Maggot secretion

Indexed keywords

NATURAL PRODUCT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL PRODUCT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIPROTOZOAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; FLY; GENETIC STRAIN; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LARVAL STAGE; LEISHMANIA TROPICA; LUCILIA SERICATA; MAGGOT; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE CULTIVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMASTIGOTE; SECRETION; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALS; DIPTERA; LARVA; LEISHMANIA TROPICA; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C;

LEISHMANIA TROPICA; LUCILIA SERICATA; MUS; SOLEIDAE;

EID: 84866346385     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: 10902449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exppara.2012.06.004     Document Type: Article

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