Chromatographic Fingerprint Analysis and Effects of the Medicinal Plant Species Mitracarpus frigidus on Adult Schistosoma mansoni Worms

The aims of this work were to evaluate the in vitro and in vivo schistosomicidal properties of the methanolic extract of the aerial parts of Mitracarpus frigidus (MFM) and to determine its HPLC profile. For the in vitro experiment, four pairs of adult worms, obtained from infected mice, were exposed...

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Main Authors: Rodrigo Luiz Fabri, Danielle Maria de Oliveira Aragão, Jônatas Rodrigues Florêncio, Nícolas de Castro Campos Pinto, Ana Carolina Alves Mattos, Paulo Marcos Zech Coelho, Maria Christina Marques Nogueira Castañon, Eveline Gomes Vasconcelos, Priscila de Faria Pinto, Elita Scio
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2014-01-01
Series:BioMed Research International
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/941318