Studies on the use of Cassia singueana in malaria ethnopharmacy

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 88, Issue 2-3, 2003, Pages 261-267

  Adzu, Bulus ^a   Abbah, Joseph ^a   Vongtau, Habiba ^a   Gamaniel, Karniyus ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACEUTICAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Antinociceptive; Antiplasmodial activity; Antipyretic; Cassia singueana

Indexed keywords

ANTHRAQUINONE DERIVATIVE; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; ANTIPYRETIC AGENT; CASSIA SINGUEANA EXTRACT; FORMALDEHYDE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OVALBUMIN; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; PLANT EXTRACT; SAPONIN DERIVATIVE; TANNIN DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTINOCICEPTION; ANTIPLASMODIC ACTIVITY; ANTIPYRETIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CASSIA SINGUEANA; CHEMISTRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MODEL; DRUG EFFECT; EDEMA; FEMALE; FEVER; IATROGENIC DISEASE; INFLAMMATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LD 50; MALARIA; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MOUSE; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PAIN; PARASITOLOGY; PARASITOSIS; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT ROOT; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI; RAT; RAT STRAIN; SENNA; TIME; WRITHING TEST; YEAST;

CASSIA SINGUEANA; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI;

EID: 0041694384     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-8741(03)00257-5     Document Type: Article

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