In vivo and in vitro antiplasmodial activities of some plants traditionally used in Guatemala against malaria

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1500-1503

  Franssen, Frits F J ^a   Smeijsters, Louis J J W ^a   Berger, Ingeborg ^b,c   Medinilla Aldana, Beatriz E ^c  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE SAN CARLOS DE GUATEMALA   (Guatemala)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; PLANT EXTRACT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIMALARIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ISOLATION; GUATEMALA; MALARIA; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

EID: 0030755947     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aac.41.7.1500     Document Type: Article

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