Antiplasmodial activity of four Kenyan medicinal plants

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 133-137

  Omulokoli, E ^a   Khan, B ^b   Chhabra, S C ^a  

^a KENYATTA UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

^b KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Antiplasmodial; Dissotis brazzae; Phyllanthus reticulatus; Phytochemistry; Plant extracts; Plasmodium falciparum; Suregaa zanzibariensis; Terminalia spinosa

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; CHLOROQUINE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG POTENCY; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; PHYLLANTHUS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

ANIMALS; ANTIMALARIALS; CHLOROQUINE; DRUG RESISTANCE; KENYA; LETHAL DOSE 50; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; WATER;

EID: 0030986370     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-8741(97)01521-3     Document Type: Article

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