In vivo antimalarial activity of Vernonia amygdalina

British Journal of Biomedical Science

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 89-91

  Abosi, Anthonia O ^a   Raseroka, Benjamin H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOTSWANA   (Botswana)

Author keywords

Antimalarials; Medicine, herbal; Plants, medicinal; Plasmodium berghei; Plasmodium falciparum; Vernonia amygdalina

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; PLACEBO; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VERNONIA AMYGDALINA EXTRACT;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIMALARIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VERNONIA AMYGDALINA;

ANIMALIA; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; VERNONIA; VERNONIA AMYGDALINA;

EID: 0038102742     PISSN: 09674845     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09674845.2003.11783680     Document Type: Article

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