Antimalarial activity in tropical plants: A review

Journal of Herbs, Spices and Medicinal Plants

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 103-132

  Bhatnagar, Sunita ^a   Das, P ^a  

^a Regional Plant Resource Centre India   (India)

Author keywords

Antiplasmodial; Chemotherapy; Drug resistance; Schizontocidal

Indexed keywords

ACANTHOSPERMUM AUSTRALE EXTRACT; AILANTHUS EXCELSA EXTRACT; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; ARTEMESIA LUDOVICIANA MEXICANA EXTRACT; ARTEMETHER; ARTEMISIA ANNUA EXTRACT; ARTEMISIN; ARTEMISININ; ARTESUNATE; AZADIRACHTA INDICA EXTRACT; BIDENS PARRIFLORA EXTRACT; BRUCEA JAVANICA EXTRACT; CEDERALA ODORATA EXTRACT; CEDRALA TONDUZII EXTRACT; CHLOROQUINE; DIHYDROARTEMISININ; ELEPHANTOPUS SCABER EXTRACT; ESENBECKIA FEBRIFUGA EXTRACT; EUPATORIUM AQUALIDUM EXTRACT; GALIPEA LONGIFLORA EXTRACT; GEDUNIN; NEUROLAENA LOBATA EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; QUASSIA AMARA EXTRACT; QUININE; SIMAROUBA GLAUCA EXTRACT; SPIROSPERMUM PENDULIFORUM EXTRACT; TRICHELIA AMERICANA EXTRACT; TRICHELIA HAVANENSIS EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG;

CHEMOTHERAPY; DRUG RESISTANCE; HERB; MALARIA; QUININE;

AGAVACEAE; AILANTHUS; ANGIOSPERM; ANNONACEAE; ANTIMALARIAL ACTIVITY; APOCYNACEAE; ARTEMISIA; AZADIRACHTA INDICA; BIDENS; BRAIN MALARIA; BRUCEA; CEDERALA ODORATA; CEDRELA TONDUZII; CELASTRACEAE; COCHLOSPERMACEAE; COMBRETACEAE; COMPOSITAE; CUCUMBER; DIONCOPHYLLACEAE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG ISOLATION; ELEPHANTOPUS SCABER; ESENBECKIA FEBRIFUGA; EUPATORIUM; EUPHORBIA; GALIPEA LONGIFLORA; GUTTIFERAE; HERNANDIACEAE; HUMAN; LEGUME; LOGANIACEAE; MALARIA; MEDICINAL PLANT; MELIACEAE; MENISPERMACEAE; NEUROLAENA LOBATA; NONHUMAN; PARASITEMIA; PIPERACEAE; PLASMODIUM; POACEAE; QUASSIA; REVIEW; RUBIACEAE; RUTACEAE; SCROPHULARIACEAE; SIMAROUBACEAE; SPIROSPERMUM PENDULIFORUM; TRICHELIA AMERICANA; TRICHELIA HAVANENSIS; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; VERBENACEAE;

EID: 36448988976     PISSN: 10496475     EISSN: 15403580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J044v13n01_09     Document Type: Review

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