Pharmacological Potential Of Selected Natural Compounds In The Control Of Parasitic Diseases

The natural world with a large number of terrestrial and marine plants and lower organisms is a great source of bioactive compounds historically used as remedies in various diseases. Within the last decade, such compounds became more attractive targets for pharmacologists and the pharmaceutical industry in drug development projects. This volume presents the pharmacological potential of chemically defined natural compounds obtained from plants, fungi, algae and cyanobacteria with antiparasitic activity, that have been tested against various endo-parasitic protozoan and helminth species--

Year

2012

Language

English

Publisher

Springer London, Limited

Editions

2

ISBN

9783709113257

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