Antimalarial activity in crude extracts of Malawian medicinal plants

Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology

Volumn 90, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 597-602

  Connelly, M P E ^a,d   Fabiano, E ^a   Patel, I H ^b   Kinyanjui, S M ^c   Mberu, E K ^c   Watkins, W M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

^b National Herbarium and Botanic Gardens of Malawi   (Malawi)

^c KEMRI WELLCOME TRUST RESEARCH PROGRAMME   (Kenya)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLANT EXTRACT;

ANTIMALARIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; MALAWI; MEDICINAL PLANT; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; SENNA;

EID: 0030463281     PISSN: 00034983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00034983.1996.11813089     Document Type: Article

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