Medicinal plants and the control of parasites: Medicinal plants and the control of protozoal disease, with particular reference to malaria

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 90, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 605-609

  Kirby, Geoffrey C ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chemotherapy; Malaria; Phytochemistry; Plant medicines; Plasmodium falciparum

Indexed keywords

CHLOROQUINE; QUININE;

LEISHMANIA; MALARIA; MEDICINAL PLANT; PARASITE CONTROL; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLASMODIUM; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; SHORT SURVEY; TRYPANOSOMA;

EID: 0030460608     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(96)90404-6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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