Ethnomedicine in malaria treatment

IDrugs

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 45-52

  Benoit Vical, Françoise ^a,b  

^a CHU RANGUEIL   (France)

^b LCC LABORATOIRE DE CHIMIE DE COORDINATION   (France)

Author keywords

Cost; Ethnomedicine; Malaria; Plants; Stakes; Traditional treatment

Indexed keywords

ALKALOID DERIVATIVE; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; ARTEMISIA ANNUA EXTRACT; BIDENS PILOSA EXTRACT; BRUCEA JAVANICA EXTRACT; CASSIA EXTRACT; CHLOROQUINE; CISSAMPELOS MUCRONATA EXTRACT; COCHLOSPERMUM EXTRACT; DITERPENE; EKEBERGIA CAPENSIS EXTRACT; EXOSTEMA CARIBAEUM EXTRACT; FANSIDAR; GUATTERIA AMPLIFOLIA EXTRACT; INSECTICIDE; LIPPIA MULTIFLORA EXTRACT; MAYTENUS SENEGALENSIS EXTRACT; MEFLOQUINE; NAUCLEA LATIFOLIA EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; PYRETHROID; QUASSINOID DERIVATIVE; QUININE; QUINOLINE DERIVATIVE; RBX 11160; SESQUITERPENE DERIVATIVE; SESQUITERPENOID; SWINGLEA GLUTINOSA EXTRACT; TRITERPENE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; ZANTHOXYLUM CHALYBEUM EXTRACT;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; AZADIRACHTA INDICA; CARCINOGENICITY; CHINESE MEDICINE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG COST; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG RESEARCH; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG STABILITY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; EUCALYPTUS; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; INFECTION CONTROL; INSECT CONTROL; MALARIA; MOSQUITO; MUTAGENICITY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM MALARIAE; REVIEW; SIDE EFFECT; SURVIVAL; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

ANIMALS; ANTIMALARIALS; HUMANS; MALARIA; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL;

EID: 13444256586     PISSN: 13697056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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