Chemical investigation and in vitro antimalarial activity of Tabebuia ochracea ssp. neochrysantha

Pharmaceutical Biology

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 227-231

  Perez H ^a   Diaz F ^b   Medina, J D ^a  

^a INSTITUTO VENEZOLANO DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS   (Venezuela)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE CARTAGENA   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Antimalarial; Furanonaphthoquinones; Plasmodium berghei; Plasmodium falciparum; Tabebuia ochracea ssp. neochrysantha (A. Gentry) A. Gentry

Indexed keywords

EID: 21544452257     PISSN: 13880209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/phbi.35.4.227.13306     Document Type: Article

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