Medicinal leech therapy is used in a variety of conditions; most of which have pain as a
major symptom. Its mode of action relies on the injection of leech saliva into patients' tissues …

The saliva of medicinal leeches, eg, Hirudo medicinalis and Hirudo verbana commonly used
in hirudotherapy, contains more than 100 bioactive substances with various therapeutic …

Medicinal leeches (Hirudo spp.) are among the best-studied invertebrates in many aspects
of their biology. Yet, relatively little is known about their biogeography, ecology and …

Although the European medicinal leech (Hirudo medicinalis L. 1758) is one of the best-
known members of the Hirudinea due to its use in phlebotomy, this species has been …

The aim of the study was to investigate the reproduction efficiency of a medicinal leech
Hirudo verbana Carena, 1820. Totally 25 gravid medicinal leeches weighted 5.70±3.22 g …

The possible impacts of alternative and conventional medicines on wound healing are now
of growing interest. This study aimed to evaluate and elucidate the wound healing activity of …

The increasing demands for medicinal leeches around the world has increased the need for
new sources of leeches. To assess the feasibility of culturing a new medicinal leech species …

Medicinal leeches are one of the neglected organisms in animal reproduction studies. In this
study, the effects of feeding two different types of blood, mammalian (cattle blood) and …

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of broodstock density on
reproduction efficiency and survival of southern medicinal leech, Hirudo verbana which is …

Some species of leeches migrate into waterfowl nests and use these both as general
habitats and to deposit cocoons, but ecological associations between leeches and birds are …