Leishmanicidal activity of carvacrol-rich essential oil from Lippia sidoides Cham
Leishamaniasis is a disease that affects more than 2 million people worldwide, whose causative agent is Leishmania spp. The current therapy for leishmaniasis is far from satisfactory. All available drugs, including pentavalent antimony, require parenteral administration and are potentially toxic. Mo...
Main Authors: | Paulo A Farias-Junior, Marcos C Rios, Tauanny A Moura, Roque P Almeida, Pericles B Alves, Arie F Blank, Roberta P M Fernandes, Ricardo Scher |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2012-01-01
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Series: | Biological Research |
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Online Access: | http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0716-97602012000400012 |
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