Inhibitory effect of allicin on the growth of Babesia and Theileria equi parasites

Parasitology Research

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 275-283

  Salama, Akram Ahmed ^a,b   Aboulaila, Mahmoud ^b   Terkawi, Mohamad Alaa ^a   Mousa, Ahmed ^a   El Sify, Ahmed ^b   Allaam, Mahmoud ^b   Zaghawa, Ahmed ^b   Yokoyama, Naoaki ^a   Igarashi, Ikuo ^a  

^a OBIHIRO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b University of Sadat City   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLICIN; DIMINAZENE ACETURATE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BABESIA; BABESIA BIGEMINA; BABESIA BOVIS; BABESIA CABALLI; BABESIA MICROTI; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; IC 50; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PIROPLASMIDA; PIROPLASMOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THEILERIA EQUI;

ALLIUM SATIVUM; BABESIA; BABESIA BIGEMINA; BABESIA BOVIS; BABESIA CABALLI; BABESIA MICROTI; BOVINAE; EQUIDAE; MUS; THEILERIA EQUI;

ANIMALS; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENTS; BABESIA; BABESIOSIS; DIMINAZENE; DRUG SYNERGISM; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; ERYTHROCYTES; FEMALE; INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION 50; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; PARASITEMIA; SULFINIC ACIDS; THEILERIA;

EID: 84891878686     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: 14321955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-013-3654-2     Document Type: Article

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