Fractions of an antimalarial neem-leaf extract have activities superior to chloroquine, and are gametocytocidal

Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 17-22

  Udeinya, I J ^a   Brown, N ^b   Shu, E N ^c   Udeinya, F I ^c   Quakeyie, I ^d  

^a HOWARD UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WALTER REED ARMY INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA   (Nigeria)

^d GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; AZADIRACHTA INDICA EXTRACT; CHLOROQUINE; NEW DRUG;

ANTIMALARIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; AZADIRACHTA INDICA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG TARGETING; GAMETOCYTE; LIFE CYCLE; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; NONHUMAN; PARASITE ISOLATION; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PARASITEMIA; PLANT LEAF; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

ANIMALS; ANTIMALARIALS; AZADIRACHTA; CELLS, CULTURED; CHLOROQUINE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG RESISTANCE; GAMETOGENESIS; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; PARASITEMIA; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

AZADIRACHTA INDICA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 31344457208     PISSN: 00034983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/136485906X78508     Document Type: Article

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