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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