In vivo antimalarial activity of essential oils from Cymbopogon citratus and Ocimum gratissimum on mice infected with Plasmodium berghei

Planta Medica

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 20-23

  Tchoumbougnang, F ^a   Amvam Zollo, P H ^a   Dagne, E ^b   Mekonnen, Yalemtsehay ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DOUALA   (Cameroon)

^b ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

phellandrene; Antimalarial activity; Cymbopogon citratus; Essential oils; Geranial; Gramineae; Lamiaceae; Malaria; Ocimum gratissimum; Parasitaemia; Plasmodium berghei

Indexed keywords

3 CARENE; ALPHA PHELLANDRENE; BETA CITRAL; BETA ELEMENE; BETA PHELLANDRENE; BETA PINENE; CAMPHENE; CAMPHOR; CHLOROQUINE; CINEOLE; CITRAL; CITRONELLAL; CYMBOPOGON CITRATUS EXTRACT; ESSENTIAL OIL; LIMONENE; LINALOOL; MYRCENE; NEROL; OCIMENE; OCIMUM GRATISSIMUM EXTRACT; PARA CYMENE; PINENE; SABINENE; TERPINEN 4 OL; TERPINENE; TERPINEOL; TERPINOLENE; THYMOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIMALARIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BASIL; CAMEROON; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYMBOPOGON CITRATUS; DISTILLATION; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG ISOLATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OCIMUM GRATISSIMUM; PLANT LEAF; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI;

ANIMALS; ANTIMALARIALS; CYMBOPOGON; MALARIA; MALE; MICE; OCIMUM; PARASITIC SENSITIVITY TESTS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT OILS; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI;

EID: 13544250586     PISSN: 00320943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2005-837745     Document Type: Article

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