Review: Natural antimalarial agents (1995-2001)

Critical Reviews in Plant Sciences

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 79-105

  Caniato, R ^a   Puricelli, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antiplasmodial compounds; Malaria; Plasmodium berghei; Plasmodium falciparum

Indexed keywords

PLASMODIUM BERGHEI; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 0037260251     PISSN: 07352689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/713610851     Document Type: Review

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