The co-evolution of people, plants, and parasites: Biological and cultural adaptations to malaria

Proceedings of the Nutrition Society

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 311-317

  Etkin, Nina L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Co evolution; Erythrocyte disorders; Malaria; Medicinal plants; Oxidation

Indexed keywords

ALKALOID DERIVATIVE; ALLOXAN; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; ARTEMISININ; CHLOROQUINE; DAPSONE; DIVICINE; MEFLOQUINE; MENADIONE; PLANT EXTRACT; PRIMAQUINE;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; COEVOLUTION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; ERYTHROCYTE METABOLISM; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; FOOD DRUG INTERACTION; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE DEFICIENCY; HEMOGLOBINOPATHY; HERBIVORY; HUMAN; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHARMACODYNAMICS; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; THEORETICAL MODEL; THEORETICAL STUDY;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; ANTIMALARIALS; DRUG RESISTANCE; ERYTHROCYTES; EVOLUTION; FOOD-DRUG INTERACTIONS; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALARIA; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLASMODIUM;

DARWINIA; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 0037591361     PISSN: 00296651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/PNS2003244     Document Type: Conference Paper

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