Phytomedicine
Volume 13, Issue 9 , Pages 735-739 , 24 November 2006

In vitro antiprotozoal activity of the lipophilic extracts of different parts of Turkish Pistacia vera L.

  • I. Orhan

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Gazi University, TR-06330 Ankara, Turkey
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  • M. Aslan

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Gazi University, TR-06330 Ankara, Turkey
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  • B. Sener

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Gazi University, TR-06330 Ankara, Turkey
    • ,
  • M. Kaiser

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Parasitology and Infection Biology, Swiss Tropical Institute, Socinstrasse 57, CH-4002 Basel, Switzerland
    • ,
  • D. Tasdemir

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Organic Chemistry, University of Zurich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, CH-8057 Zürich, Switzerland
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +4116354213; fax: +4116356812.

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doi: 10.1016/j.phymed.2005.10.003

Phytomedicine
Volume 13, Issue 9 , Pages 735-739 , 24 November 2006

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