In vitro cytotoxic, antileishmanial and antifungal activities of ethnopharmacologically selected Gabonese plants

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 102, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 185-190

  Lamidi, M ^a   DiGiorgio, C ^b   Delmas, F ^b   Favel, A ^b   Eyele Mve Mba, C ^a   Rondi, M L ^c   Ollivier, E ^b   Nze Ekekang, L ^a   Balansard, G ^b  

^a CENAREST   (Gabon)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^c USS ^*  (Gabon)

Author keywords

Cytotoxicity; In vitro antileishmanial and antifungal activities; Medicinal plants of Gabon; Polyalthia suaveolens

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ANTILEISHMANIAL AGENT; CYTOTOXIC AGENT; HYDROMETHANOL; METHANOL; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMASTIGOTE; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; AUGOUARDIA LETESTUI; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA GLABRATA; CANDIDA KEFYR; CANDIDA KRUSEI; CANDIDA LUSITANIAE; CANDIDA PARAPSILOSIS; CANDIDA TROPICALIS; COLA LIZAE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DIOSCOREA PREUSSII; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG SCREENING; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; GANOPHYLLUM GIGANTEUM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IC 50; IN VITRO STUDY; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; MEDICINAL PLANT; MONOCYTE; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; POLYALTHIA SUAVEOLENS; PROMASTIGOTE; YEAST;

ANIMALS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENTS; GABON; HUMANS; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; MONOCYTES; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; POLYALTHIA;

AUGOUARDIA LETESTUI; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA GLABRATA; CANDIDA PARAPSILOSIS; CANDIDA TROPICALIS; CLAVISPORA LUSITANIAE; COLA LIZAE; DIOSCOREA PREUSSII; ISSATCHENKIA ORIENTALIS; KLUYVEROMYCES MARXIANUS; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; POLYALTHIA;

EID: 26944449701     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2005.06.011     Document Type: Article

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