In vitro antiplasmodial activity and cytotoxicity of 33 West African plants used for treatment of malaria

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 281-285

  Zirihi, Guédé Noël ^a   Mambu, Lengo ^b   Guédé Guina, Frédéric ^a   Bodo, Bernard ^b   Grellier, Philippe ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ FÉLIX HOUPHOUËT BOIGNY   (Côte d’Ivoire)

^b MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

Antiplasmodial activity; Fagara macrophylla; Funtumia elastica; Medicinal plants; Plasmodium falciparum; Rauvolfia vomitoria

Indexed keywords

ACANTHOSPERMUM HISPIDUM EXTRACT; ALBIZIA FERRUGINEA EXTRACT; ALCHORNEA CORDIFOLIA EXTRACT; ALSTONIA BOONEI EXTRACT; ALTERNANTHERA PUNGENS EXTRACT; ANTHOCLEISTA DJALONENSIS EXTRACT; ANTHONOTHA MACROPHYLLA EXTRACT; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; BERSANA ABYSSINICA EXTRACT; CASSIA ALATA EXTRACT; CASSIA OCCIDENTALIS EXTRACT; ERIGERON FLORIBUNDUS EXTRACT; EUPHORBIA HIRTA EXTRACT; FAGARA MACROPHYLLA EXTRACT; FICUS CAPENSIS EXTRACT; FUNTUMIA ELASTICA EXTRACT; IRVINGIA GABONENSIS EXTRACT; MANGIFERA INDICA EXTRACT; MAREYA MICRANTHA EXTRACT; MELANTHERA SCANDENS EXTRACT; MICRODESMIS KEAYANA EXTRACT; MICROGLOSSA PYRIFOLIA EXTRACT; MILLETTIA ZECHIANA EXTRACT; MORINDA MORINDOIDES EXTRACT; NAUCLEA LATIFOLIA EXTRACT; PARQUETINA NIGRESCENS EXTRACT; PHYLLANTUS MUELLERIANUS EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; RAUVOLFIA VOMITORIA EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG;

AFRICA; ANTIMALARIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CELL LINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG DETERMINATION; DRUG SCREENING; DRUG USE; EMBRYO; EUNTUMIA ELASTICA; FAGARA MACROPHYLLA; GENETIC STRAIN; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IC 50; MALARIA; MEDICINAL PLANT; NAUCLEA LATIFOLIA; NONHUMAN; PHYLLANTUS MUELLERIANUS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; RAUVOLFIA VOMITORIA; TROPICS;

EID: 16244405616     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2005.01.004     Document Type: Article

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