Effect of Piper betle on Giardia intestinalis infection in vivo

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Authors	PECKOVÁ Radka DOLEŽAL Karel SAK Bohumil KVĚTOŇOVÁ Dana KVÁČ Martin NURCAHYO Wisnu FOITOVÁ Ivona
Year of publication	2018
Type	Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source	Experimental Parasitology
MU Faculty or unit	Faculty of Science
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Web	website
Doi	http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.exppara.2017.11.005
Field	Zoology
Keywords	Antigiardial activity; Drug of Choice; Giardia intestinalis; Natural Antiparasitics; Parasites; Piper betle
Description	The aim of this study was to test the impact of Piper betle leaf extracts on potential antigiardial activity in vivo for the possibility of using this plant as a potential antigiardial remedy that could be a substitute for current commercial treatment. Our results represent an important insight into this issue indicating that the aqueous extract of P. betle shows giardicidal effects. Nevertheless, being the first report on the effect of P. betle extracts on G. intestinalis in vivo, more studies, probably more particularized, are required.
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