Anti-infective potential of natural products: How to develop a stronger in vitro 'proof-of-concept'

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 106, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 290-302

  Cos, Paul ^a   Vlietinck, Arnold J ^b   Berghe, Dirk Vanden ^a   Maes, Louis ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b Faculty of Pharmaceutical Biomedical and Veterinary Sciences   (Belgium)

^c INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Antibacterial; Antifungal; Antiparasitic; Antiviral; Natural products; Screening

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; AMPHOTERICIN B; AMPICILLIN; BENZNIDAZOLE; CHLOROQUINE; DOXYCYCLINE; FLUCYTOSINE; KANAMYCIN; KETOCONAZOLE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; MELARSONYL POTASSIUM; MICONAZOLE; NATURAL PRODUCT; NIFURTIMOX; NORFLOXACIN; PENICILLIN G; PENTAMIDINE; PYRIMETHAMINE; QUININE; RIFAMPICIN; STIBOGLUCONATE SODIUM; SURAMIN;

AFRICAN TRYPANOSOMIASIS; AGAR GEL DIFFUSION; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY; AYURVEDA; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIOFILM; CHAGAS DISEASE; CHINESE MEDICINE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER MODEL; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CULTURE MEDIUM; CYTOPATHOGENIC EFFECT; DILUTION; DRUG CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG DETERMINATION; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG SCREENING; ENZYME ASSAY; EPIDERMOPHYTON FLOCCOSUM; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; FOLLOW UP; FUNGUS CULTURE; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; IC 50; IN VITRO STUDY; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; INOCULATION; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MEDICINAL PLANT; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MONOLAYER CULTURE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE CULTIVATION; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; REFERENCE VALUE; REVIEW; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TITRIMETRY; TRICHOPHYTON MENTAGROPHYTES; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; TRYPANOSOMA GAMBIENSE; TRYPANOSOMA RHODESIENSE; VIRUS INHIBITION; VIRUS PLAQUE; WHOLE CELL;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENTS; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PARASITIC SENSITIVITY TESTS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINES;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 33745435902     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2006.04.003     Document Type: Review

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