Trypanocidal action of tea tree oil (Melaleuca alternifolia) against Trypanosoma evansi in vitro and in vivo used mice as experimental model

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 141, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 21-27

  Baldissera, Matheus D ^a,b   Da Silva, Aleksandro S ^c   Oliveira, Camila B ^a   Santos, Roberto C V ^b   Vaucher, Rodrigo A ^b   Raffin, Renata P ^b   Gomes, Patrícia ^b   Dambros, Maria G C ^c   Miletti, Luiz C ^c   Boligon, Aline A ^a   Athayde, Margareth L ^a   Monteiro, Silvia G ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA MARIA   (Brazil)

^b CENTRO UNIVERSITÁRIO FRANCISCANO   (Brazil)

^c SANTA CATARINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Trypanocidal effect; Trypanosoma evansi; TTO

Indexed keywords

DIMINAZENE ACETURATE; NANOCAPSULE; TEA TREE OIL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIPROTOZOAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DOSAGE FORM COMPARISON; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG IDENTIFICATION; DRUG SCREENING; DRUG SYNTHESIS; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LONGEVITY; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MELALEUCA ALTERNIFOLIA; MOUSE; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PARASITE CONTROL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURRA; SURVIVAL RATE; TRYPANOSOMA EVANSI; TRYPOMASTIGOTE;

TRYPANOCIDAL EFFECT; TRYPANOSOMA EVANSI; TTO;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; MALE; MICE; NANOCAPSULES; RATS; TEA TREE OIL; TRYPANOCIDAL AGENTS; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMIASIS;

EID: 84897556096     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: 10902449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exppara.2014.03.007     Document Type: Article

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