Antimalarial activity of Cinchona-like plants used to treat fever and malaria in Brazil

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 87, Issue 2-3, 2003, Pages 253-256

  Andrade Neto, V F ^a   Brandao M G L ^a   Stehmann, J R ^a   Oliveira, L A ^a   Krettli, A U ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Antimalarial tests; Cinchona; Ethnopharmacology; Plasmodium berghei; Remijia ferruginea

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL DERIVATIVE; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; CHLOROQUINE; CINCHONA EXTRACT; DEIANIRA ERUBESCENS EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; REMIJA FERRUGINEA EXTRACT; STRYCHNOS PSEUDOQUINA EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIMALARIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CINCHONA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEIANIRA ERUBESCENS; DRUG SCREENING; FEVER; IN VIVO STUDY; MALARIA; MEDICINAL PLANT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI; REMIJIA FERRUGINEA; STRYCHNOS PSEUDOQUINA;

CINCHONA; CINCHONA SUCCIRUBRA; DEIANIRA ERUBESCENS; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI; REMIJIA FERRUGINEA; STRYCHNOS PSEUDOQUINA;

EID: 0037633751     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-8741(03)00141-7     Document Type: Article

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