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Antischistosomal and anti-inflammatory activity of garlic and allicin compared with that of praziquantel in vivo

BACKGROUND: Schistosomiasis is an acute and chronic zoonotic parasitic disease caused by trematode worms. The host inflammatory response to schistosome eggs leads to perioval granulomata formation, mainly in the liver and intestine. This study investigated the potential antischistosomal and anti-inf...

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Autores principales: Metwally, Dina M., Al-Olayan, Ebtesam M., Alanazi, Mohammad, Alzahrany, Sanaa B., Semlali, Abdelhabib
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5921551/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29703259
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12906-018-2191-z