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Traditional medicinal plants in the treatment of gastrointestinal parasites in humans: A systematic review and meta‐analysis of clinical and experimental evidence

Phytotherapy Research, Volume 37, Issue 9, Page 3675-3687, September 2023., 2023
Abstract Gastrointestinal (GI) parasites cause significant morbidity and mortality worldwide. The use of conventional antiparasitic drugs is often inhibited due to limited availability, side effects or parasite resistance. Medicinal plants can be used as alternatives or adjuncts to current antiparasitic therapies.
Sandamalie Ranasinghe, Sasha Aspinall, Amber Beynon, Amanda Ash, Alan Lymbery   +4 more
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Special considerations for studies of extracellular vesicles from parasitic helminths: A community‐led roadmap to increase rigour and reproducibility

Journal of Extracellular Vesicles, Volume 12, Issue 1, January 2023., 2023
Abstract Over the last decade, research interest in defining how extracellular vesicles (EVs) shape cross‐species communication has grown rapidly. Parasitic helminths, worm species found in the phyla Nematoda and Platyhelminthes, are well‐recognised manipulators of host immune function and physiology.
Ruby White, Javier Sotillo, María Eugenia Ancarola, Anne Borup, Anders Toftegaard Boysen, Paul J. Brindley, Edit I. Buzás, Serena Cavallero, Sujittra Chaiyadet, Iain W. Chalmers, Marcela A. Cucher, Maude Dagenais, Chelsea N. Davis, Eileen Devaney, Maria A. Duque‐Correa, Ramon Marc Eichenberger, Santiago Fontenla, Thomas A. Gasan, Cornelis H. Hokke, Maja Kosanovic, Marije E. Kuipers, Thewarach Laha, Alex Loukas, Rick M. Maizels, Antonio Marcilla, Hynek Mazanec, Russell M. Morphew, Kyriaki Neophytou, Linh Thuy Nguyen, Esther Nolte‐‘t Hoen, Michael Povelones, Mark W. Robinson, Alicia Rojas, Irma Schabussova, Hermelijn H. Smits, Sivapong Sungpradit, Lucienne Tritten, Bradley Whitehead, Amin Zakeri, Peter Nejsum, Amy H. Buck, Karl F. Hoffmann   +41 more
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Environmental risk factors for inflammatory bowel disease

United European Gastroenterology Journal, Volume 10, Issue 10, Page 1047-1053, December 2022., 2022
Abstract Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a chronic, progressive immune‐mediated inflammatory condition of the gastrointestinal tract. Environmental risk factors play a role in developing either type of IBD, Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis; although the exact mechanism is still unknown.
Noreen Singh, Charles N. Bernstein
wiley   +1 more source

Failure to infect laboratory rodent hosts with human isolates of Rodentolepis (= Hymenolepis) nana [PDF]

, 2002
Confusion exists over the species status and host-specificity of the tapeworm Rodentolepis (= Hymenolepis) nana. It has been described as one species, R. nana, found in both humans and rodents. Others have identified a subspecies; R. nana var.
Thompson, R.C.A., Morgan, U.M., Macnish, M., Behnke, Jerzy M., MacNish, M.G., Behnke, J.M.   +5 more
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Microbial and Parasitic Contamination of Vegetables in Developing Countries and Their Food Safety Guidelines

Journal of Food Quality, Volume 2022, Issue 1, 2022., 2022
The safety of humans is of paramount importance in the vegetable production chain. Evidence of microbial and parasitic contamination of these products poses a great threat to consumers. This is an emerging issue the world is battling, and it is still in the process of unravelling.
Richard Osafo, Gadafi Iddrisu Balali, Papa Kofi Amissah-Reynolds, Francis Gyapong, Rockson Addy, Alberta Agyapong Nyarko, Prince Wiafe, Efstathios Giaouris   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

SOME ANOMALIES OF HYMENOLEPIS DIMINUTA (RUDOLPHI, 1819) [PDF]

Assiut Veterinary Medical Journal, 1994
Examination of Hymenolep < /em>is diminuta worms collected from the small intestines of naturally infected rats (Rattus rattus) in Assiut City revealed different anomalies.
FATMA, G. SAYED, A.A. HASSAN
doaj   +1 more source

Safety of frozen and dried formulations from whole yellow mealworm (Tenebrio molitor larva) as a novel food pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2015/2283

EFSA Journal, Volume 19, Issue 8, August 2021., 2021
Abstract Following a request from the European Commission, the EFSA Panel on Nutrition, Novel Foods and Food Allergens (NDA) was asked to deliver an opinion on frozen and dried formulations from whole yellow mealworm (Tenebrio molitor larva) as a novel food (NF) pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2015/2283.
EFSA Panel on Nutrition, Novel Foods and Food Allergens (NDA), Dominique Turck, Torsten Bohn, Jacqueline Castenmiller, Stefaan De Henauw, Karen Ildico Hirsch‐Ernst, Alexandre Maciuk, Inge Mangelsdorf, Harry J McArdle, Androniki Naska, Carmen Pelaez, Kristina Pentieva, Alfonso Siani, Frank Thies, Sophia Tsabouri, Marco Vinceti, Francesco Cubadda, Thomas Frenzel, Marina Heinonen, Rosangela Marchelli, Monika Neuhäuser‐Berthold, Morten Poulsen, Miguel Prieto Maradona, Josef Rudolf Schlatter, Henk van Loveren, Ermolaos Ververis, Helle Katrine Knutsen   +27 more
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Lasia spinosa Chemical Composition and Therapeutic Potential: A Literature‐Based Review

Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity, Volume 2021, Issue 1, 2021., 2021
Lasia spinosa (L.) is used ethnobotanically for the treatment of various diseases, including rheumatoid arthritis, inflammation of the lungs, bleeding cough, hemorrhoids, intestinal diseases, stomach pain, and uterine cancer. This review is aimed at summarizing phytochemistry and pharmacological data with their molecular mechanisms of action.
Rajib Hossain, Cristina Quispe, Jesús Herrera-Bravo, Md. Shahazul Islam, Chandan Sarkar, Muhammad Torequl Islam, Miquel Martorell, Natália Cruz-Martins, Ahmed Al-Harrasi, Ahmed Al-Rawahi, Javad Sharifi-Rad, Manshuk Ibrayeva, Sevgi Durna Daştan, Mohammed M. Alshehri, Daniela Calina, William C. Cho, German Gil   +16 more
wiley   +1 more source

RODENTS AS A POTENTIAL SOURCE OF SOME ZOONOTIC ENTERIC PARASITES IN BENI-SUEF PROVINCE [PDF]

Assiut Veterinary Medical Journal, 2015
Parasitic infections affecting the world's populations have a global significance. Infections are predominant in underdeveloped agricultural and rural areas of tropical and subtropical regions, causing reduced worker productivity and a waste of economic ...
GIHAN, K. ABDEL-LATEF, LILIAN NAGY MAHROUS   +1 more
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Hymenolepis diminuta (Cestoda) induces changes in expression of select genes of Tribolium confusum (Coleoptera) [PDF]

, 2009
The flour beetle Tribolium confusum is a common experimental intermediate host for the tapeworm Hymenolepis diminuta, but while many aspects of their host-parasite interactions have been determined to have genetic basis, the genes involved have not been ...
Belosevic, M., Hitchen, S. J., Shostak, A. W.   +2 more
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