Assessment of the anthelmintic effect of natural plant cysteine proteinases against the gastrointestinal nematode, Heligmosomoides polygyrus, in vitro

We examined the mechanism of action and compared the anthelmintic efficacy of cysteine proteinases from papaya, pineapple, fig, kiwi fruit and Egyptian milkweed in vitro using the rodent gastrointestinal nematode Heligmosomoides polygyrus. Within a 2 h incubation period, all the cysteine proteinases...

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Main Authors: Stepek, Gillian, Buttle, David J., Duce, I.R., Lowe, Ann, Behnke, Jerzy M.
Format: Article
Published: Cambridge University Press 2005
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Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/29203/