Comparison of antimalarial activity of the alkaloidal fraction of Hydrangea macrophylla var. Otaksa leaves with the hot-water extract in ICR mice infected with Plasmodium yoelii 17 XL

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 633-639

  Ishih, Akira ^a   Miyase, Toshio ^b   Terada, Mamoru ^a  

^a HAMAMATSU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHIZUOKA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antimalarial activity; Dichroa febrifuga; Febrifugine; Hydrangea macrophylla var. Otaksa; Plasmodium yoelii 17 XL

Indexed keywords

ALKALOID; FEBRIFUGINE; HYDRANGEA MACROPHYLLA EXTRACT; ISOFEBRIFUGINE; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIMALARIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG SYNTHESIS; FRACTIONATION; HYDRANGEA MACROPHYLLA; MALARIA; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARASITEMIA; PLANT LEAF; PLASMODIUM YOELII;

ANIMALS; ANTIMALARIALS; HUMANS; HYDRANGEA; MALARIA; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED ICR; PARASITIC SENSITIVITY TESTS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT ROOTS; PLASMODIUM YOELII;

DICHROA FEBRIFUGA; HYDRANGEA MACROPHYLLA; PLASMODIUM YOELII;

EID: 0038464595     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ptr.1215     Document Type: Article

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