trichomoniasis is one of the most common urinary-genital tract disease. the causal agent of trichomoniasis is flagellate protozoan called trichomonas vaginalis. metronidazole and tinidazole are the drug of choice for treatment. carcinogenic and embryo-teratogenic effects of the mentioned drugs and resistance to metronidazole has been reported. according to cytotoxic effects of medicinal herbs i...

Zimmer et al. (2001) documented two morphological and vocal forms within what was then known as Suiriri suiriri affinis, and described the short-billed form as Suiriri islerorum. However, studies of the Burmeister type material held at the Natural History Collections of the Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, Germany, revealed the types of Suiriri s. affinis (Burmeister, 1856) to be the ...

We studied the growth and feeding response of the ciliate Euplotes affinis when exposed to algal cultures of Prymnesium parvum and Rhodomonas cf. baltica as monocultures or as mixtures. Cultures of P. parvum grown under nutrient-limited (N or P) or nutrient-sufficient conditions were tested for toxicity against E. affinis. Ciliates grew well when fed R. cf. baltica, but avoided grazing on monoc...

The investigation of the hexane extract from aerial parts of Lychnophora pinaster provided, besides others substances, the E-isomer of lychnophoric acid, a sesquiterpene derivative previously isolated from L. affinis.

A taxonomic study of the genus Ocellarnaca Gorochov, 2004 was presented. Four new species were described: O. omeica sp. nov., O. coomani sp. nov., O. xiai sp. nov., O. brevicauda sp. nov.. A key to the species and the distributional data of Ocellarnaca were provided. 

background : cats play a crucial role in the epidemiology of gastrointestinal helminthic parasites and also play a major role in transmitting of these parasites through faecal contamination of soil, food or water. the aim of this study was to determine the species of gastrointestinal helminthes parasites in stray cats from a rural area of bandar-e-anzali, iran. method: gastrointestinal helminth...

Aims: This study aimed to evaluate and compare the in vitro anti-plasmodial cytotoxic effect of methanolic extracts from leaves, stem bark roots Annickia affinis.
 Study Design: is an experimental study.
 Place Duration Study: The work was conducted at Pharmacochemistry Natural Substances Laboratories Faculty Medicine Pharmaceutical Sciences, University Douala for extraction Biomedica...