Ex vivo blood schizontocidal activities of artemisinin derivatives against Plasmodium falciparum

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 225-231

  Ubalee, Ratawan ^b   Songthammawat, Dujdao ^a   Na Bangchang, Kesara ^a   Tan Ariya, Peerapan ^a   Karbwang, Juntra ^b  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; ARTEMISININ; ARTEMISININ DERIVATIVE; SESQUITERPENE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOAVAILABILITY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; HUMAN; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SUPPOSITORY;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; ANTIMALARIALS; ARTEMISININS; BIOLOGICAL AVAILABILITY; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAMUSCULAR; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; SESQUITERPENES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SUPPOSITORIES;

EID: 0033139574     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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