Antimalarial activity of extracts of Malaysian medicinal plants

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 249-254

  Rahman, Nik Najib Nik A ^a   Furuta, Takahisa ^b   Kojima, Somei ^b   Takane, Kikuchi ^b   Ali Mohd, Mustafa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Andrographis paniculata; Antimalarial; Piper sarmentosum; Plasmodium berghei; Plasmodium falciparum; Tinospora crispa

Indexed keywords

ANDROGRAPHIS PANICULATA EXTRACT; CHLOROFORM; PIPER SARMENTOSUM EXTRACT; TINOSPORA CRISPA EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIMALARIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; EXTRACTION; GROWTH INHIBITION; INCUBATION TIME; MALAYSIA; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

ANIMALS; ANTIMALARIALS; FEMALE; MALAYSIA; MICE; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; SOLVENTS;

EID: 0032926461     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-8741(98)00135-4     Document Type: Article

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