Antimalarial activity of four plants used in traditional medicine in Mali

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 45-47

  Traore Keita, F ^a   Gasquet, M ^a   Di Giorgio, C ^a   Ollivier, E ^a   Delmas, F ^a   Keita, A ^b   Doumbo, O ^c   Balansard, G ^a   Timon David, P ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b Departement Medecine Traditionelle   (Mali)

^c Departement d'Epidemiol A   (Mali)

Author keywords

Flow cytometry; Plasmodium falciparum; Traditional medicinal plants; Ursolic acid

Indexed keywords

ALKALOID DERIVATIVE; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; CHLOROQUINE; GLINUS OPPOSITOFOLIUS EXTRACT; MITRAGYNA INERMIS EXTRACT; NAUCLEA LATIFOLIA EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; TRICHILIA ROKA EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URSOLIC ACID;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIMALARIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG SCREENING; FEVER; FLOW CYTOMETRY; MALARIA; MALI; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

ANIMALS; ANTIMALARIALS; MACROPHAGES, PERITONEAL; MALI; MEDICINE, AFRICAN TRADITIONAL; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

GLINUS; GLINUS OPPOSITOFOLIUS; MELIACEAE; MITRAGYNA INERMIS; MOLLUGINACEAE; NAUCLEA; NAUCLEA LATIFOLIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; RUBIACEAE; TRICHILIA ROKA;

EID: 0033950488     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1573(200002)14:1<45::AID-PTR544>3.0.CO;2-C     Document Type: Article

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