Antimalarial activity of natural product extracts from Papua New Guinean and Australian plants against Plasmodium falciparum

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1409-1412

  Fernandez, Liza S ^a   Jobling, Michael F ^a   Andrews, Katherine T ^a,b   Avery, Vicky M ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Antimalarial; Malaria; Natural product; Plasmodium falciparum; Screening

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CHLOROQUINE; HYPOXANTHINE; NATURAL PRODUCT; NUCLEIC ACID; PLANT EXTRACT;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIMALARIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; GROWTH INHIBITION; IC 50; IN VITRO STUDY; MALARIA; NONHUMAN; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

ANIMALS; ANTIMALARIALS; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTS; ERYTHROCYTES; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

MAMMALIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 55449092134     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: 10991573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ptr.2510     Document Type: Article

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