Comparative in vitro trypanocidal activities of petroleum ether, chloroform, methanol and aqueous extracts of some Nigerian savannah plants

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 177-182

  Atawodi, Sunday E ^a  

^a AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

In vitro assay; Medicinal plants; Nigeria; Trypanocidal effects; Trypanosomiasis

Indexed keywords

ADANSONIA DIGITATA EXTRACT; ADENIUM OBESUM EXTRACT; AFRORMOSIA LAXIFLORA EXTRACT; AFZELIA AFRICANA EXTRACT; ALBUCA EXTRACT; ANCHOMANES DIFFORMIS EXTRACT; ANNONA SENEGALENSIS EXTRACT; ANTITRYPANOSOMAL AGENT; BOSWELLIA DALZIELLA EXTRACT; CANARIUM SCHWEINFURTHII EXTRACT; CASSYTHA FILIFORMIS EXTRACT; CHLOROFORM; COCHLOSPERMUM PLANCHONII EXTRACT; DIMINAL; DIOSPYROS MESPILIFORMIS EXTRACT; ERYTHROPHLEUM SUAVEOLUS EXTRACT; FICUS SYCOMORUS EXTRACT; GUIERA SENEGALENSIS EXTRACT; KHAYA SENEGALENSIS EXTRACT; LANNEA KERSTINGII EXTRACT; LAWSONIA INERMIS EXTRACT; LONCHOCARPUS LAXIFLORUS EXTRACT; MAGNIFERA INDICA EXTRACT; METHANOL; MOMORDICA BALSAMINA EXTRACT; MORINGA OLEIFERA EXTRACT; NAUCLEA LATIFOLIA EXTRACT; PARKIA CLAPPERTONIANA EXTRACT; PETROLEUM DERIVATIVE; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG;

ADANSONIA; ADENIUM; ADENIUM OBESUM; AFRORMOSIA; AFRORMOSIA LAXIFLORA; AFZELIA; ALBUCA; ANCHOMANES; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANNONA; ANTIPROTOZOAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BOSWELLIA; BRIDELIA; CANARIUM; CASSYTHA; CLOVE; COCHLOSPERMUM; COCHLOSPERMUM PLANCHONII; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROPHLEUM; FICUS; GUIERA; HERBAL MEDICINE; IN VITRO STUDY; KHAYA; LANNEA; LAWSONIA INERMIS; LONCHOCARPUS; MANGO; MEDICINAL PLANT; MORINGA OLEIFERA; NAUCLEA; NONHUMAN; PARKIA; PERSIMMON; PILIOSTIGMA; PROSOPIS; PROSOPIS AFRICANA; RAT; SABAL; SECURIDACA; STERCULIA; SWARTZIA; TERMINALIA; TERMINALIA AVICENNIOIDES; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI; VERNONIA; VITEX; WITCHWEED;

ADENIUM OBESUM; AFRORMOSIA; AFRORMOSIA LAXIFLORA; COCHLOSPERMUM; COCHLOSPERMUM PLANCHONII; PROSOPIS AFRICANA; STRIGA; SWARTZIA; SWARTZIA MADAGASCARIENSIS; TERMINALIA; TERMINALIA AVICENNIOIDES; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

EID: 18244386725     PISSN: 16845315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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