Growth inhibition of asexual erythrocytic forms of Plasmodium falciparum and P. berghei in vitro by naphthylisoquinoline alkaloid-containing extracts of Ancistrocladus and Triphyophyllum species

Pharmaceutical Biology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 55-59

  Francois G ^a   Timperman, G ^a   Haller, R D ^b   Bar S ^b   Isahakia, M A ^c   Robertson, S A ^c   Zhao, C ^d   De Souza, N J ^e   Ake Assi L ^f   Holenz, J ^g   Bringmann, G ^g  

^a INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^b Baobab Farm Ltd   (Kenya)

^c INSTITUTE OF PRIMATE RESEARCH   (Kenya)

^d HAINAN PROVINCIAL PEOPLE S HOSPITAL   (China)

^e Hoechst India Ltd   (India)

^f UNIVERSITÉ NANGUI ABROGOUA   (Côte d’Ivoire)

^g UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ancistrocladaceae; Dioncophyllaceae; In vitro; Malaria; Naphthylisoquinoline alkaloids; P. berghei; Plasmodium falciparum

Indexed keywords

EID: 21544465612     PISSN: 13880209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/phbi.35.1.55.13272     Document Type: Article

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