Leishmanicidal activities of Artemisia annua leaf essential oil against Visceral Leishmaniasis

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 5, Issue NOV, 2014, Pages

  Islamuddin, Mohammad ^a   Chouhan, Garima ^a   Want, Muzamil Y ^a   Tyagi, Maujiram ^a   Abdin, Malik Z ^a   Sahal, Dinkar ^b   Afrin, Farhat ^c  

^a HAMDARD UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR GENETIC ENGINEERING AND BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Italy)

^c TAIBAH UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Artemisia annua; Essential oil; Leishmaniasis; Leishmanicidal; Therapeutic efficacy; Visceral

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; ARTEMISIA ANNUA LEAF ESSENTIAL OIL; CAMPHOR; CARYOPHYLLENE; DNA NUCLEOTIDYLEXOTRANSFERASE; ESSENTIAL OIL; PENTAMIDINE; PHOSPHATIDYLSERINE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTEMISIA ANNUA; ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE ARREST; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY ASSAY; DISEASE COURSE; DNA FRAGMENTATION; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYDRODISTILLATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; PROMASTIGOTE; TUNEL ASSAY; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

EID: 84987792363     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2014.00626     Document Type: Article

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