The evaluation of the antibacterial and antioxidant activity of Tarragon (Artemisia dracunculus L.) essential oil and its chemical composition [PDF]
Background: Food born pathogenic bacteria are the most important agents of infections in humans, and food spoilage also results in economic losses in food industry.
Chaleshtori, R.S. +3 more
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One Health – an Ecological and Evolutionary Framework for tackling Neglected Zoonotic Diseases [PDF]
Understanding the complex population biology and transmission ecology of multihost parasites has been declared as one of the major challenges of biomedical sciences for the 21st century and the Neglected Zoonotic Diseases (NZDs) are perhaps the most ...
Adamo +135 more
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Possible Role of Fish and Frogs as Paratenic Hosts of Dracunculus medinensis, Chad
Copepods infected with Dracunculus medinensis larvae collected from infected dogs in Chad were fed to 2 species of fish and tadpoles. Although they readily ingested copepods, neither species of fish, Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) nor fathead ...
Mark L. Eberhard +7 more
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Chemical characterization by GC-MS and in vitro activity against Candida albicans of volatile fractions prepared from Artemisia dracunculus, Artemisia abrotanum, Artemisia absinthium and Artemisia vulgaris [PDF]
BACKGROUND: A large number of essential oils is reported to have significant activity against Candida albicans. But the different chemical composition influences the degree of their activity.
Diana Obistioiu +6 more
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Identification des hôtes intermédiaires de Dracunculus medinensis dans le Sud du Bénin (Afrique de l'Ouest) [PDF]
Une enquête épidémiologique associée à une étude limnologique a été menée au Sud du Bénin dans quatre villages de forte endémie dracunculienne. La période d'émergence des vers de Guinée a été précisée et rapportée aux densités des populations de ...
Chippaux, Jean-Philippe
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Psoriasis is a long-lasting autoimmune disease that is characterized by swollen skin patches. Normally, these skin patches are dark, swollen, itchy and scaly.
Thamer M. Mohammed +2 more
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PPNID : a reference database and molecular identification pipeline for plant-parasitic nematodes [PDF]
Motivation: The phylum Nematoda comprises the most cosmopolitan and abundant metazoans on Earth and plant-parasitic nematodes represent one of the most significant nematode groups, causing severe losses in agriculture.
Bert, Wim +5 more
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Guinea worm: from Robert Leiper to eradication. [PDF]
Guinea worm disease, dracunculiasis or dracontiasis, is an ancient disease with records going back over 4500 years, but until the beginning of the 20th century, little was known about its life cycle, particularly how humans became infected.
Cairncross, Sandy +2 more
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Despite their reported therapeutic properties, not much is known about the immunomodulatory activity of essential oils present in Artemisia species. We isolated essential oils from the flowers and leaves of five Artemisia species: A.
Igor A. Schepetkin +6 more
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