Abstract

ALVAREZ LOPEZ, Leidy Vanessa²  and  QUISPE, Alfredo³. Efecto antiparasitario de la infusión de ajenjo (Artemisia absinthium L.) en niños de edad escolar¹. Univ. Cienc. Soc. [online]. 2010, n.3, pp. 23-27. ISSN 8888-8888.

It seeks to highlight one of the main medicinal properties of wormwood (Artemisia absinthium L): their antiparasitic activity through a preparation as a home remedy in children of Franz Tamayo Education Unit of the city of Montero, Department Santa Cruz, Bolivia. It tries to measure the prevalence of parasites in children in this study before and after treatment to determine the antiparasitic activity of wormwood (Artemisia absinthium L.) in relation to the dose of the infusión, to determine the presence of parasites in children in the study before and after treatment and establish the effectiveness of antiparasitic Wormwood (Artemisia absinthium L) on certain groups of parasites. It confirms the antiparasitic activity of absinthe in preparations recommended by Weil.

Keywords : Antiparasitic activity.; Wormwood.; Medicinalproperties..