The antimalarial activity of Vernonia amygdalina Del (Compositae)

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 94, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 694-695

  Masaba, S C ^a  

^a MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

Author keywords

Antimalarial activity; Herbal medicine; In vitro; Malaria; Plant extracts; Plasmodium falciparum; Vernonia amygdalina

Indexed keywords

ACETONE; CHLOROQUINE; LIQUID NITROGEN; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VERNONIA AMYGDALINA EXTRACT; WATER;

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ANTIMALARIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG POTENCY; EXTRACTION; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; METHODOLOGY; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE ISOLATION; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; STORAGE; UGANDA;

EID: 0033647288     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(00)90236-0     Document Type: Article

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