Leishmanicidal activities of Artemisia annua leaf essential oil against Visceral Leishmaniasis
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Leishmanicidal activities of Artemisia annua leaf essential oil against Visceral Leishmaniasis
Visceral leishmaniasis (VL), the second-most dreaded parasitic disease after malaria, is currently endemic in 88 countries. Dramatic increases in the rates of infection, drug resistance, and non-availability of safe vaccines have highlighted the need for identification of novel and inexpensive anti-leishmanial agents from natural sources. In this study, we showed the leishmanicidal effect of es...
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عنوان ژورنال: Frontiers in Microbiology
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1664-302X
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2014.00626