Antiprotozoal activity of essential oils

Agriculturae Conspectus Scientificus

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 167-175

  Monzote, Lianet ^a   Alarcón, Oswald ^a   Setzer, William N ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA TROPICAL PEDRO KOURÍ   (Cuba)

^b University of Alabama in Huntsville   (United States)

Author keywords

Essential oils; Giardia; Leishmania; Parasite; Plasmodium; Trichomonas; Trypanosoma

Indexed keywords

BIOTECHNOLOGY; DISEASE TREATMENT; DRUG DEVELOPMENT; ESSENTIAL OIL; PROTOZOAN;

EID: 84874368479     PISSN: 13317768     EISSN: 13317776     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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