Antimalarial use of volatile oil from leaves of Virola surinamensis (Rol.) Warb. by Waiapi Amazon Indians

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 313-319

  Lopes, Norberto P ^a   Kato, Massuo J ^a   Andrade, Eloísa H De A ^c   Maia, José G S ^c   Yoshida, Massayoshi ^a,b   Planchart, Annie R ^a   Katzin, Alejandro M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^c MUSEU PARAENSE EMÍLIO GOELDI   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Essential oil; Malaria; Myristicaceae; Plasmodium falciparum; Virola surinamensis; Waiapi Indians

Indexed keywords

ESSENTIAL OIL; PLANT EXTRACT; SESQUITERPENE; TERPENE;

ANTIMALARIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; DRUG SCREENING; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; GLYCOPROTEIN SYNTHESIS; GROWTH INHIBITION; MALARIA; PLANT LEAF;

ADULT; ANTIMALARIALS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HUMANS; INDIANS, SOUTH AMERICAN; MALARIA; OILS, VOLATILE; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT OILS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL;

EID: 0032887265     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-8741(99)00072-0     Document Type: Article

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