Effect of Aqueous Allium cepa and Ixora brachiata Root Extract on Leishmania major Promastigotes
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Effect of Aqueous Allium cepa and Ixora brachiata Root Extract on Leishmania major Promastigotes
BACKGROUND Leishmaniasis is a major worldwide public health problem with about two to three million humans threatened by this disease annually. Allium cepa (onion) is an important dietary vegetable and was used as a herbal medicine for centuries. The root of Ixora brachiata is medicinally important. OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to investigate the anti-Leishmania effect of the ethanoli...
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عنوان ژورنال: Jundishapur Journal of Natural Pharmaceutical Products
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1735-7780,2228-7876
DOI: 10.17795/jjnpp-15442