Antimalarial ethnobotany: In vitro antiplasmodial activity of seven plants identified in the Nigerian Middle Belt

Pharmaceutical Biology

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 588-591

  Ajaiyeoba, Edith ^a   Ashidi, Joseph ^a   Abiodun, Oyindamola ^a   Okpako, Larry ^a   Ogbole, Omonike ^a   Akinboye, Dora ^a   Falade, Catherine ^a   Bolaji, Olayinka ^a   Gbotosho, Grace ^a   Falade, Mofusho ^a   Itiola, Oludele ^a   Houghton, Peter ^b   Wright, Collins ^c   Oduola, Ayoade ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antiplasmodial activity; Ethnobotany; Middle Belt; Nigeria; Phytomedicine

Indexed keywords

ADANSONIA DIGITATA EXTRACT; BRIDELIA MICRANTHA EXTRACT; CASSIA ALATA EXTRACT; CHLOROQUINE; ERYTHRINA SENEGALENSIS EXTRACT; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; LOPHIRA ALATA EXTRACT; METHANOL; NAUCLEA LATIFOLIA EXTRACT; PERICOPSIS ELATA EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADANSONIA DIGITATA; ANTIMALARIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASSAY; BOMBACACEAE; BRIDELIA MICRANTHA; CASSIA ALATA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG SCREENING; ERYTHRINA SENEGALENSIS; ETHNOBOTANY; EUPHORBIA; IC 50; IN VITRO STUDY; LEGUME; LOPHIRA ALATA; MEDICINAL PLANT; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NAUCLEA LATIFOLIA; NIGERIA; NONHUMAN; OCHNACEAE; PERICOPSIS ELATA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; RUBIACEAE;

BRIDELIA; BRIDELIA MICRANTHA; ERYTHRINA SENEGALENSIS; NAUCLEA; NAUCLEA LATIFOLIA; PAPILIONOIDEAE; PERICOPSIS; PERICOPSIS ELATA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; RUBIACEAE;

EID: 20144373298     PISSN: 13880209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13880200490902455     Document Type: Article

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