Inhibition of the growth and development of asexual and sexual stages of drug-sensitive and resistant strains of the human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum by neem (Azadirachta indica) fractions

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 31-39

  Dhar, Ravi ^a,b   Zhang, Kunyan ^a   Talwar, G P ^b,c   Garg, Sanjay ^b   Kumar, Nirbhay ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF IMMUNOLOGY   (India)

^c International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnlogy   (India)

Author keywords

Anti malarial; Azadirachta indica; Drug resistance; Gametocytes; Plasmodium falciparum

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; AYURVEDIC DRUG; AZADIRACHTA INDICA EXTRACT; CHLOROQUINE; NEEM OIL; PYRIMETHAMINE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG POTENCY; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; GAMETOCYTE; INDIA; MALARIA; NONHUMAN; PARASITE CULTIVATION; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; SCHIZONT; TROPHOZOITE;

ANIMALS; ANTIMALARIALS; CHLOROQUINE; DRUG RESISTANCE; HUMANS; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PYRIMETHAMINE; REPRODUCTION; SEEDS;

EID: 0032078726     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-8741(98)00012-9     Document Type: Article

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