Argemone mexicana decoction for the treatment of uncomplicated falciparum malaria

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 101, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1190-1198

  Willcox, Merlin L ^a,b   Graz, Bertrand ^a   Falquet, Jacques ^a   Sidibé, Oumar ^c   Forster, Mathieu ^d,e   Diallo, Drissa ^c  

^a Antenna Technologies   (Switzerland)

^b Res Initiative Tradit Antimalarial   (United Kingdom)

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

^d UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Argemone mexicana; Clinical trial; Mali; Plasmodium falciparum; Traditional medicine; Uncomplicated malaria

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; ARGEMONE OIL; ARTEMETHER PLUS BENFLUMETOL; CHLOROQUINE; FANSIDAR;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DIARRHEA; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG DOSE ESCALATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; MALI; PARASITEMIA; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SIDE EFFECT; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SYMPTOM; THROMBOCYTE COUNT;

ARGEMONE MEXICANA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 35648975204     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2007.05.017     Document Type: Article

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