Plasmodium DNA fluoresces with berberine: A novel approach for diagnosis of malarial parasites

American Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 124, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 408-412

  Talwalkar, Sameer S ^a,d   Vaidya, A B ^b   Godse, Chhaya ^b   Vaidya, Akhil ^c   Vaidya, Rama ^b  

^a University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

^b Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan's Swami Prakashananda Ayurveda Research Centre   (India)

^c DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Berberine; Isoquinoline alkaloids; Malaria; Plasmodium falciparum; Plasmodium vivax

Indexed keywords

BERBERINE; DNA; ISOQUINOLINE ALKALOID;

ARTICLE; BLOOD SMEAR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GAMETOCYTE; GIEMSA STAIN; HUMAN; MALARIA; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAINING; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; Y CHROMOSOME;

EID: 24144435665     PISSN: 00029173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1309/CG7037YYPBUBV703     Document Type: Article

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