Antiplasmodial and GABAA-benzodiazepine receptor binding activities of five plants used in traditional medicine in Mali, West Africa

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 110, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 451-457

  Bah, Sekou ^a,c   Jäger, Anna K ^b   Adsersen, Anne ^b   Diallo, Drissa ^c   Paulsen, Berit Smestad ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c Institut National de Recherche en Sante Publique Mali   (Mali)

Author keywords

Biological activities; Mali; Medicinal plants; Traditional medicine

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; BENZODIAZEPINE RECEPTOR; BOSCIA ANGUSTIFOLIA EXTRACT; CHLOROQUINE; CISSUS QUADRANGULARIS EXTRACT; DIAZEPAM; DICHLOROMETHANE; FLUMAZENIL; METHANOL; PLANT EXTRACT; SECURIDACA LONGIPEDUNCULATA EXTRACT; STYLOSANTHES ERECTA EXTRACT; TRICHILIA EMETICA EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIPROTOZOAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BOSCIA ANGUSTIFOLIA; CISSUS; CISSUS QUADRANGULARIS; DRUG INDICATION; DRUG RECEPTOR BINDING; IC 50; IN VITRO STUDY; MALI; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; RAT; SECURIDACA; SECURIDACA LONGIPEDUNCULATA; STYLOSANTHES ERECTA; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; TRICHILIA EMETICA;

ANIMALS; ANTIMALARIALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ERYTHROCYTES; MALARIA; MALI; MEDICINE, AFRICAN TRADITIONAL; METHANOL; METHYLENE CHLORIDE; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; WATER;

BOSCIA; CISSUS QUADRANGULARIS; MALIA; SECURIDACA LONGIPEDUNCULATA; STYLOSANTHES ERECTA; TRICHILIA EMETICA;

EID: 33847765342     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2006.10.019     Document Type: Article

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