Antiprotozoal activity against entamoeba histolytica of plants used in Northeast Mexican traditional medicine. Bioactive compounds from lippia graveolens and ruta chalepensis

Amoebiasis caused by Entamoeba histolytica is associated with high morbidity and mortality is becoming a major public health problem worldwide, especially in developing countries. Because of the side-effects and the resistance that pathogenic protozoa build against the standard antiparasitic drugs,...

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Main Authors: Quintanilla Licea, Ramiro, Mata Cárdenas, Benito David, Vargas Villarreal, Javier, Bazaldúa Rodríguez, Aldo Fabio, Kavimngeles Hernández, Isvar, Garza González, Jesús Norberto, Hernández García, Magda Elizabeth
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: 2014
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Online Access:http://eprints.uanl.mx/15121/1/232.pdf