Antimalaria activity of ethanolic extract of Tetrapleura tetraptera fruit

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 111, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 537-540

  Okokon, Jude E ^a   Udokpoh, Aniekan E ^a   Antia, Bassey S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UYO   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Antimalarial; Antiplasmodial; Malaria; Plasmodium berghei; Tetrapleura tetraptera

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CHLOROQUINE; PLANT EXTRACT; TETRAPLEURA TETRAPTERA EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIMALARIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG FATALITY; FEMALE; FRUIT; HEART PALPITATION; IN VITRO STUDY; LD 50; MALE; MORTALITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; SURVIVAL; SUSTAINED RELEASE PREPARATION; TETRAPLEURA; WRITHING TEST;

ACUTE TOXICITY TESTS; ANIMALS; ANTIMALARIALS; CHLOROQUINE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; FRUIT; LETHAL DOSE 50; MALARIA; MALE; MEDICINE, AFRICAN TRADITIONAL; MICE; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI; SURVIVAL RATE; TETRAPLEURA;

MUS; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI; TETRAPLEURA TETRAPTERA;

EID: 34247199611     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2006.12.030     Document Type: Article

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