Screening of New Caledonian and Vanuatu medicinal plants for antiprotozoal activity

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 96, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 569-575

  Billo, M ^a   Fournet, A ^a,b   Cabalion, P ^b   Waikedre, J ^b   Bories, C ^a   Loiseau, P ^a   Prina, E ^a   Rojas De Arias, A ^c   Yaluff, G ^c   Fourneau, C ^a   Hocquemiller, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (New Caledonia)

^c Instituto de Investigaciones en Ciencias de la Salud Universidad Nacional de Asuncion   (Paraguay)

Author keywords

Leishmanicidal activity; New Caledonia; Trypanocidal activity; Vanuatu

Indexed keywords

ACRONYCHIA LEAVIS EXTRACT; AMBORELLA TRICHOPODA EXTRACT; BABINGTONIA LERATII EXTRACT; CALOPHYLLUM CALEDONICUM EXTRACT; CERBERIOPSIS CANDELABRA EXTRACT; CODIAEUM PELTATUM EXTRACT; CROSSOSTYLIS MULTIFORA EXTRACT; CUPANIOPSIS GLOMERIFLORA EXTRACT; CYPHOLOPUS DECIPIENS EXTRACT; DROSERA NEOCALEDONICA EXTRACT; ERYTHRINA VARIEGATA EXTRACT; FAGRAEA BARTERIANA EXTRACT; FONTAINEA PANCHERI EXTRACT; GARCINIA PEDICILLATA EXTRACT; GARDENIA URVILLEI EXTRACT; GLOCHIDION BILLARDIERI EXTRACT; KAVA EXTRACT; MELODINUS SCANDENS EXTRACT; MURRAYA CRENULATA EXTRACT; MYPORUM CRASSIFOLIUM EXTRACT; MYRISTICA FATUA EXTRACT; PAGIANTHA CERIFERA EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; POLYGONUM SUBSESSILE EXTRACT; SANTALUM AUSTROCALEDONICUM EXTRACT; SCLERIA SCROBICULATA EXTRACT; SMILAX ORBICULATA EXTRACT; TRISTANIOPSIS CALABUXUS EXTRACT; TRISTANIOPSIS YATEENSIS EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZIERIDUM MELICOPAEFOLIUM EXTRACT; ANTITRYPANOSOMAL AGENT;

ANTIPROTOZOAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CANADA; DRUG SCREENING; FEVER; INFLAMMATION; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; PLANT; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MOUSE; NEW CALEDONIA; VANUATU;

ACRONYCHIA; AMBORELLA TRICHOPODA; BABINGTONIA LERATII; CALOPHYLLUM CALEDONICUM; CERBERIOPSIS CANDELABRA; CODIAEUM PELTATUM; CROSSOSTYLIS; CUPANIOPSIS; DROSERA NEOCALEDONICA; ERYTHRINA VARIEGATA; FAGRAEA; FONTAINEA PANCHERI; GARCINIA; GARDENIA; GLOCHIDION; LEISHMANIA AMAZONENSIS; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; MELODINUS SCANDENS; MURRAYA; MYRISTICA; PIPER METHYSTICUM; POLYGONUM; SANTALUM AUSTROCALEDONICUM; SCLERIA SCROBICULATA; SMILAX; TRISTANIOPSIS; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

ANIMALS; DRUG EVALUATION, PRECLINICAL; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; MICE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; NEW CALEDONIA; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; TRYPANOCIDAL AGENTS; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; VANUATU;

EID: 21644460351     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2004.10.006     Document Type: Article

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