Plants used in Guatemala for the treatment of protozoal infections. II. Activity of extracts and fractions of five Guatemalan plants against Trypanosoma cruzi

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 107-115

  Berger, Ingeborg ^a,b   Barrientos, Ana Cecilia ^b   Cáceres, Armando ^b   Hernández, Mynor ^b   Rastrelli, Luca ^c   Passreiter, Claus Martin ^d   Kubelka, Wolfgang ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE SAN CARLOS DE GUATEMALA   (Guatemala)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SALERNO   (Italy)

^d HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antiprotozoal activity; Guatemala; Medicinal plants; Trypanosoma cruzi

Indexed keywords

ALLOPURINOL; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENT; ANTITRYPANOSOMAL AGENT; PLANT EXTRACT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIPROTOZOAL ACTIVITY; ARTEMIA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG SCREENING; EPIMASTIGOTE; EXPERIMENTAL INFECTION; GUATEMALA; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; TRYPANOSOMIASIS; TRYPOMASTIGOTE;

ANIMALS; GUATEMALA; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; TRYPANOCIDAL AGENTS; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; TRYPANOSOMIASIS;

EID: 0031694079     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-8741(98)00011-7     Document Type: Article

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