In vivo antimalarial activity of leaves of Plectranthus amboinicus (lour) spreng on plasmodium berghei yoelii

Journal of Communicable Diseases

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 121-125

  Periyanayagam, K ^a   Nirmala Devi, K ^a   Suseela, L ^a   Uma, A ^a   Ismail, M ^a  

^a MADURAI MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Coleus amboinicus; Coleus arotnaticus antimalarial; Plasmodium berghei yoelii; Plectranthus amboinicus

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; CHLOROQUINE; PLANT EXTRACT;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COLEUS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG SENSITIVITY; FEMALE; MALARIA; MALE; MOUSE; PARASITEMIA; PARASITOLOGY; PLASMODIUM YOELII; PLECTRANTHUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALS; ANTIMALARIALS; CHLOROQUINE; COLEUS; FEMALE; MALARIA; MALE; MICE; PARASITEMIA; PARASITIC SENSITIVITY TESTS; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLASMODIUM YOELII; PLECTRANTHUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 55849090308     PISSN: 00195138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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