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ArticleAfrican journal of traditional, complementary, and alternative medicines : AJTCAM2016

ANTIPROTOZOAL ACTIVITY OF EXTRACTS OF

Carolina Roca-Mézquita, Manlio Graniel-Sabido, Rosa E Moo-Puc, Lorena V Leon-Déniz, Rubí Gamboa-León, Carely Arjona-Ruiz, Juan Tun-Garrido, Gumersindo Mirón-López, Gonzalo J Mena-Rejón

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Article in African journal of traditional, complementary, and alternative medicines : AJTCAM, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

  1. A systematic review of anti-Parasitology · 2021
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  3. Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy · 2021
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Carolina Roca-MézquitaFacultad de Química, Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán, C. 41 No. 421 Col. Industrial, C.P. 97150, Mérida, Yucatán, México.
Manlio Graniel-SabidoFacultad de Química, Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán, C. 41 No. 421 Col. Industrial, C.P. 97150, Mérida, Yucatán, México.
Rosa E Moo-PucUnidad de Investigación Médica Yucatán, Unidad Médica de Alta Especialidad, Centro Médico "Ignacio García Téllez", IMSS, C. 41, No. 439, Col. Industrial, C.P. 97150, Mérida, Yucatán, México.
Lorena V Leon-DénizFacultad de Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia. Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán. Km. 15.5 carr. a Xmatkuil A.P. No. 116, C.P. 97315, Mérida, Yucatán, México.
Rubí Gamboa-LeónCoordinación Académica Región Huasteca Sur, Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí, Km. 5 carr. Tamazunchale-San Martín, C.P. 79960, Tamazunchale, S.L.P.
Carely Arjona-RuizCoordinación Académica Región Huasteca Sur, Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí, Km. 5 carr. Tamazunchale-San Martín, C.P. 79960, Tamazunchale, S.L.P.
Juan Tun-GarridoFacultad de Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia. Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán. Km. 15.5 carr. a Xmatkuil A.P. No. 116, C.P. 97315, Mérida, Yucatán, México.
Gumersindo Mirón-LópezFacultad de Química, Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán, C. 41 No. 421 Col. Industrial, C.P. 97150, Mérida, Yucatán, México.
Gonzalo J Mena-RejónFacultad de Química, Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán, C. 41 No. 421 Col. Industrial, C.P. 97150, Mérida, Yucatán, México.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundChagas disease, amebiasis, giardiasis and trichomoniasis represent a serious health problem in Latin America. The drugs employed to treat these illnesses produce important side effects and resistant strains have appeared. The present study was aimed to evaluate the antiprotozoal activity of leaves, stem bark and root bark of MATERIALS AND

methodsDichloromethane and methanol extracts of leaves, bark and roots of

resultsThe dichloromethane extract of roots was active against

conclusionsThe dichloromethane extract of the roots bark showed significant activity against all screened protozoa.

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Antiprotozoal AgentsCelastraceaeEntamoeba histolyticaGiardia lambliaMexicoParasitic Sensitivity TestsPlant BarkPlant ExtractsPlant LeavesPlant RootsTrypanosoma cruziAntiprotozoal AgentsPlant Extractsantiprotozoal activityCelastraceaeElaeodendron trichotomumpristimerinroot barktingenone

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PMID28852732
PMCPMC5566140

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