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Evans Ehouman

There is an interesting paper published at Article Anti-Trypanosoma cruzi activity of 10 medicinal plants used ...

It may be a good source of information.

Kind regards,

Evans, E.

Arvind Singh

Please take a look at the following RG links.

Article Asteraceae Plants as Sources of Compounds Against Leishmania...

Article Potential therapeutic use of herbal extracts in trypanosomiasis

Article Natural products and Chagas' disease: The action of triterpe...

Article Antioxidant effect of Morus nigra on Chagas disease progression

Chapter Can the Cure for Chagas’ Disease be Found in Nature?