Effect of root bark extract of Berberis vulgaris L. on Leishmania major on BALB/c mice

Parasitology Research

Volumn 113, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 953-957

  Salehabadi, Alireza ^a   Karamian, Mahdi ^b   Farzad, Motevalli Haghi ^c   Namaei, Mohammad Hasan ^b  

^a BIRJAND UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b BIRJAND UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c MAZANDARAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ANTILEISHMANIAL AGENT; BERBERIS VULGARIS ROOT BARK EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BARK; BERBERIS; BERBERIS VULGARIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LOTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE CONTROL; PLANT ROOT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMASTIGOTE; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENTS; BERBERIS; FEMALE; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT ROOTS;

EID: 84895526669     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: 14321955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-013-3727-2     Document Type: Article

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