Antimalarial activity of Bidens pilosa L. (Asteraceae) ethanol extracts from wild plants collected in various localities or plants cultivated in humus soil

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 634-639

  Andrade Neto, Valter F ^a,b   Brandão, Maria G L ^b   Oliveira, Francielda Q ^b   Casali, Vicente W D ^c   Njaine, Brian ^c   Zalis, Mariano G ^d   Oliveira, Luciana A ^a   Krettli, Antoniana U ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF VIÇOSA   (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Antimalarial activity; Bidens pilosa; Flavonoids

Indexed keywords

BIDENS PILOSA EXTRACT; CHLOROQUINE; FLAVONOID; LIMESTONE; MEFLOQUINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIMALARIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASTERACEAE; BIDENS PILOSA; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG MEGADOSE; HUMUS; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MALARIA; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARASITEMIA; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; SOIL; SURVIVAL RATE; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY;

ANIMALS; ANTIMALARIALS; BIDENS; DRUG RESISTANCE; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MICE; PARASITIC SENSITIVITY TESTS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT ROOTS; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; SOIL;

ASTERACEAE; BIDENS; BIDENS PILOSA; RODENTIA;

EID: 4944234076     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ptr.1510     Document Type: Article

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