In vitro and in vivo evaluation of betulinic acid as an antimalarial

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 115-119

  Steele, J C P ^a,b   Warhurst, D C ^b   Kirby, G C ^b   Simmonds, M S J ^a  

^a JODRELL LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antimalarial; Betulinic acid; Plasmodium berghei; Plasmodium falciparum; Triterpene pharmacology; Uapaca nitida Mull Arg

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; BETULIC ACID; OLEANOLIC ACID; URSOLIC ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIMALARIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG RESISTANCE; EXPERIMENTAL INFECTION; MALARIA; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

ANIMALS; ANTIMALARIALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EUPHORBIACEAE; MALARIA; MICE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; OLEANOLIC ACID; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT ROOTS; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; RANDOM ALLOCATION; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; TRITERPENES;

ANIMALIA; EUPHORBIACEAE; MURINAE; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; UAPACA; UAPACA NITIDA;

EID: 0032993085     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1573(199903)13:2<115::AID-PTR404>3.0.CO;2-1     Document Type: Article

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