Antimalarial activity in crude extracts of some Cameroonian medicinal plants

African Journal of Traditional, Complementary and Alternative Medicines

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 107-111

  Bickii, Jean ^a   Tchouya, Guy Raymond Feuya ^b   Tchouanken, Jean Claude ^b   Tsamo, Etienne ^b  

^a Laboratoire de Recherche sur le Paludisme Yaounde   (Cameroon)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YAOUNDÉ I   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

Antimalarial activity; Entandrophragma angolense; Picralima nitida; Plasmodium falciparum; Schumanniophyton magnificum; Thomandersia hensii

Indexed keywords

CHLOROQUINE; ENTANDROPHRAGMA ANGOLENSE EXTRACT; METHANOL; PICRALIMA NITIDA EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; SCHUMANNIOPHYTON MAGNIFICUM EXTRACT; THOMANDERDIA HENSII EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACANTHACEAE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIMALARIAL ACTIVITY; APOCYNACEAE; ARTICLE; CAMEROON; DRUG IDENTIFICATION; DRUG ISOLATION; ENTANDROPHRAGMA ANGOLENSE; FEVER; FLOW CYTOMETRY; IN VITRO STUDY; MALARIA; MEDICINAL PLANT; MELIACEAE; NONHUMAN; PICRALIMA NITIDA; PLANT SEED; PLANT STEM; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; RUBIACEAE; SCHUMANNIOPHYTON MAGNIFICUM; THOMANDERDIA HENSII; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

EID: 33846334165     PISSN: 01896016     EISSN: 01896016     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/ajtcam.v4i1.31200     Document Type: Article

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