Towards identifying novel anti-Eimeria agents: trace elements, vitamins, and plant-based natural products

Parasitology Research

Volumn 113, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 3547-3556

  Wunderlich, Frank ^a   Al Quraishy, Saleh ^b   Steinbrenner, Holger ^a   Sies, Helmut ^a,b   Dkhil, Mohamed A ^b,c  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^c HELWAN UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Anti coccidial agents; Artemisinin; Berberine; Eimeria; Eimeriosis; Garlic; Selenium

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; COCCIDIOSTATIC AGENT; NATURAL PRODUCT; PLANT BASED NATURAL PRODUCT; PLANT EXTRACT; RETINOL; SELENIUM; TRACE ELEMENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VITAMIN; ZINC; ANTIOXIDANT; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCT;

AGRIMONIA; AGRIMONIA EUPATORIA; ANTI EIMERIA ACTIVITY; ANTIPROTOZOAL ACTIVITY; ARTEMISIA ANNUA; AZADIRACHTA INDICA; BERBERIS; BLACK CURRANT; CHINESE; CHINESE GALLS; CINCHONA; CINCHONA SUCCRUBRA; COCCIDIOSIS; DATE (FRUIT); DRUG IDENTIFICATION; ECHINACEA ANGUSTIFOLIA; GALLA RHOIS; GARLIC; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; OREGANO; OXIDATIVE STRESS; POMEGRANATE; REVIEW; SWEET WORMWOOD; VACCINATION; ANIMAL; BOVINE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; EIMERIA; MALE; MOUSE; PARASITOLOGY; POULTRY; POULTRY DISEASES; RABBIT; VETERINARY;

ALLIUM SATIVUM; ANIMALIA; ARTEMISIA ANNUA; BERBERIS; BOS; COCCIDIA; EIMERIA; LYTHRACEAE; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; PROTOZOA;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTS; CATTLE; COCCIDIOSIS; EIMERIA; MALE; MICE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PLANT EXTRACTS; POULTRY; POULTRY DISEASES; RABBITS; TRACE ELEMENTS; VACCINATION; VITAMINS;

EID: 84918567347     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: 14321955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-014-4101-8     Document Type: Review

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