Artemisia annua as a self-reliant treatment for malaria in developing countries

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 120, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 302-314

  de Ridder, Sanne ^a   van der Kooy, Frank ^a   Verpoorte, Robert ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Artemisia annua; Artemisinin; Malaria; Self reliant treatment

Indexed keywords

AMODIAQUINE; ARTEANNIUN B; ARTEETHER; ARTEMETHER; ARTEMETHER PLUS BENFLUMETOL; ARTEMISINIC ACID; ARTEMISININ; ARTEMISONE; ARTESUNATE; CHLOROQUINE; DIHYDROARTEMISININ; FANSIDAR; FENOZAN; MEFLOQUINE; QUININE; TRIOXANE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WR 279137;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ANOREXIA; ARTEMISIA ANNUA; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIARRHEA; DIZZINESS; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG METABOLISM; HEADACHE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOME CARE; HUMAN; MALARIA CONTROL; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; NAUSEA; PHARMACODYNAMICS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; RECOMMENDED DRUG DOSE; REVIEW; SPECIES CULTIVATION; TEA; VOMITING;

ANIMALS; ANTIMALARIALS; ARTEMISIA ANNUA; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DRUG RESISTANCE; HUMANS; MALARIA; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLASMODIUM; TEA;

ARTEMISIA ANNUA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM PARASITES; PROTOZOA;

EID: 56349158664     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2008.09.017     Document Type: Review

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