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26 mars 2014
- doi: 10.4000/books.irdeditions.7264
- isbn: 9782709915045
- eisbn: 9782709917803
https://www.openedition.org/12554 , info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
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ethnopharmacology leishmaniasis antileishmanial activity Colombian plants médecine traditionnelle plante médicinale pharmacopée médicament ethnobotanique ethnopharmacologie guérisseur paludisme leishmaniose History & Philosophy Of Science Nursing SCI034000 SOC057000 JFFH PDXSujets proches
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Bernard Weniger et al., « Ethnopharmacology in the search for new leishmanicidal drugs », IRD Éditions, ID : 10.4000/books.irdeditions.7264
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Introduction Cutaneous leishmaniasis is a zoonotic disease caused by species of the protozoal parasite, Leishmania. The disease causes deep characteristic tropical ulcers and/or nodules, which, upon healing, often result in disfiguring permanent scars. The different forms of leishmaniasis require expensive treatments, and the currently used medicines, pentavalent antimonials and/or pentamidine salts, show toxicity together with numerous side effects. Diverse cultural groups around the word ha...