Antimalarial activity of Ajuga remota Benth (Labiatae) and Caesalpinia volkensii Harms (Caesalpiniaceae): In vitro confirmation of ethnopharmacological use

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 141-148

  Kuria, K A M ^a   De Coster, S ^b   Muriuki, G ^a   Masengo, W ^a   Kibwage, I ^a   Hoogmartens, J ^b   Laekeman, G M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Ajuga remota; Caesalpinia volkensii; Herbalists' practice; In vitro antiplasmodial activity; Kenya; Medicinal plants

Indexed keywords

AJUGA REMOTA EXTRACT; CAESALPINIA VOLKENSII EXTRACT; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AJUGA REMOTA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIMALARIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CAESALPINIA VOLKENSII; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; HERBAL MEDICINE; IC 50; KENYA; MALARIA; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

ANIMALS; ANTIMALARIALS; ETHERS; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; KENYA; L-LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; METHANOL; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; SOLVENTS; WATER;

EID: 0035130814     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-8741(00)00367-6     Document Type: Article

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