Retarded development of exoerythrocytic stages of the rodent malaria parasite Plasmodium berghei in human hepatoma cells by extracts from Dioncophyllaceae and Ancistrocladaceae species

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 29-32

  Francois G ^a   Steenackers, T ^a   Timperman, G ^a   Ake Assi L ^b   Haller, R D ^c   Bar S ^c   Isahakia, M A ^d   Robertson, S A ^d   Zhao, C ^e   De Souza, N J ^f   Holenz, J ^g   Bringmann, G ^g  

^a INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ NANGUI ABROGOUA   (Côte d’Ivoire)

^c Baobab Farm Ltd   (Kenya)

^d INSTITUTE OF PRIMATE RESEARCH   (Kenya)

^e HAINAN PROVINCIAL PEOPLE S HOSPITAL   (China)

^f Hoechst India Ltd   (India)

^g UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ancistrocladaceae; causal prophylaxis; Dioncophyllaceae; exoerythrocytic forms; extracts; human hepatoma cells; malaria; naphthylisoquinoline alkaloids; Plasmodium berghei

Indexed keywords

PLANT EXTRACT; PRIMAQUINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEPATOMA CELL; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; MALARIA; NONHUMAN; PARASITE DEVELOPMENT; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI; PROPHYLAXIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIMALARIALS; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CELL LINE; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALARIA; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT ROOTS; PLANT STEMS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI; RODENTIA; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0030891143     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7519(96)00171-3     Document Type: Article

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