Anthelmintic activity of Cymbopogon citratus against Haemonchus contortus;Atividade anti-helmíntica de Cymbopogon citratus sobre Haemonchus contortus

Revista Brasileira de Parasitologia Veterinaria

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 268-275

  Macedo, Iara Tersia Freitas ^a   de Oliveira, Lorena Mayana Beserra ^a   Ribeiro, Wesley Lyeverton Correia ^a   dos Santos, Jessica Maria Leite ^a   Silva, Kaline das Chagas ^a   Filho, José Vilemar de Araújo ^a   Camurça Vasconcelos, Ana Lourdes Fernandes ^a   Bevilaqua, Claudia Maria Leal ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Anthelmintic; Citral; In vitro; Meriones unguiculatus; Phytotherapy

Indexed keywords

ANTHELMINTIC AGENT; CITRAL; ESSENTIAL OIL; PLANT EXTRACT; TERPENE;

ANIMAL; CYMBOPOGON; DRUG EFFECTS; FEMALE; GERBIL; HAEMONCHIASIS; HAEMONCHUS; MALE; PHYTOTHERAPY; VETERINARY;

ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; CYMBOPOGON; FEMALE; GERBILLINAE; HAEMONCHIASIS; HAEMONCHUS; MALE; MONOTERPENES; OILS, VOLATILE; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS;

EID: 84942907658     PISSN: 0103846X     EISSN: 19842961     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1984-29612015059     Document Type: Article

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