Efficacy of essential oils of Thymus vulgaris and Origanum vulgare on Echinococcus granulosus

Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Infectious Diseases

Volumn 2014, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Pensel, P E ^a,b   Maggiore, M A ^a,b   Gende, L B ^a,b   Eguaras, M J ^a,b   Denegri, M G ^a,b   Elissondo, M C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE MAR DEL PLATA   (Argentina)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESSENTIAL OIL; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; THYMOL;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTHELMINTIC ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CATTLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYST (RESTING STAGE); DRUG DETERMINATION; DRUG EFFICACY; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; IN VITRO STUDY; INCUBATION TIME; LIVER; LUNG PARENCHYMA; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; MOUSE; NICK END LABELING; NONHUMAN; OREGANO; PARASITE EXAMINATION; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY; THYME; ULTRASTRUCTURE; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 84907384174     PISSN: 1687708X     EISSN: 16877098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2014/693289     Document Type: Article

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