Comparison Between Effect of Alcoholic and Aqueous Extracts of Artemisia Herba-Alba and Metronidazole Drug in Treatment of Albino Mice Infected Experimentally With Trichomonas muris | ||
Journal of Tikrit University For Agriculture Sciences | ||
Article 1, Volume 16, Issue 3, September 2016, Pages 134-143 | ||
Author | ||
Maroof S. Juma Al-Ammash | ||
Abstract | ||
The present study was conducted to investigated the efficiency of alcoholic & aqueous extract of Artemisia herba-alba in treatment of albino mice infected experimentally with T. muris. The doses of alcoholic & aqueous extracts of A. herba-alba for treatment were 13.75 mg/ mouse as a single dose (for seventh days). The efficiency of extracts under study was compared with Metronidazole drug that given as a single dose of 0.392 mg/ mouse/day, for seventh days. The results of this study revealed the efficiency of both Metronidazole & extracts of A. herba-alba in the treatment of infection by T. muris. The extracts & the drug revealed effectivily & efficiency in treatment (100%), but there were difference in the time for reduction of infection & perfect cure. | ||
Keywords | ||
Trichomonas muris; Artemisia Herba; alba; albino mice | ||
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