Antimalarial activity of 20 crude extracts from nine African medicinal plants used in Kinshasa, Congo

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 68, Issue 1-3, 1999, Pages 193-203

  Tona, L ^a   Ngimbi, N P ^b   Tsakala, M ^a   Mesia, K ^a   Cimanga, K ^c   Apers, S ^c   De Bruyne, T ^c   Pieters, L ^c   Totte J ^c   Vlietinck, A J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KINSHASA   (Congo)

^b Faculty of Medicine   (Congo)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Antiplasmodial; Congo Kinshasa; Malaria; Plant extracts; Traditional medicine

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; GARCINIA KOLA EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT;

ANTIMALARIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONGO; DRUG DETERMINATION; DRUG ISOLATION; EUPHORBIA; MALARIA; PHYLLANTHUS; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; PLANT SEED; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

ANIMALS; ANTIMALARIALS; CONGO; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALARIA; MALE; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; MICE; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; SOLUBILITY;

EID: 0032744719     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-8741(99)00090-2     Document Type: Article

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