Could thymol have effectiveness on scolices and germinal layer of hydatid cysts?

Acta Tropica

Volumn 125, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 251-257

  Elissondo, María C ^a,b   Pensel, Patricia E ^a,b   Denegri, Guillermo M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE MAR DEL PLATA   (Argentina)

^b Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Cystic echinococcosis; Echinococcus granulosus; Hydatid cysts; Surgical treatment; Thymol

Indexed keywords

THYMOL;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISEASE TREATMENT; PARASITE; PHENOL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTHELMINTIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS; FEMALE; GERM LAYER; IN VITRO STUDY; MICROBIAL MORPHOLOGY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PROTOSCOLECE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS; FEMALE; MICE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; THYMOL;

ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS; MURINAE;

EID: 84871889551     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: 18736254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2012.12.007     Document Type: Article

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