Screening of antiplasmodial properties among some traditionally used Iranian plants

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 121, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 400-404

  Esmaeili, Somayeh ^a,b   Naghibi, Farzaneh ^a,b   Mosaddegh, Mahmoud ^a,b   Sahranavard, Shamim ^a,b   Ghafari, Saeideh ^b   Abdullah, Noor Rain ^c  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Cytotoxicity; Glycyrrhiza glabra; In vitro antiplasmodial activity; In vivo antimalarial activity; Iran

Indexed keywords

BUXUS HYRCANA EXTRACT; ERODIUM OXYRRHNCHUM EXTRACT; FERULA OOPODA EXTRACT; GLYCYRRHIZA GLABRA EXTRACT; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ANTIPROTOZOAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BUXUS HYRCANA; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CELL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPATHOGENIC EFFECT; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG SCREENING; DRUG SELECTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; ERODIUM OXYRRHNCHUM; FERULA OOPODA; GLYCYRRHIZA GLABRA; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IC 50; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; IRAN; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

ANGIOSPERMS; ANIMALS; ANTIMALARIALS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, PHYTOGENIC; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; FEMALE; GLYCYRRHIZA; HUMANS; IRAN; MALARIA; MALE; MICE; PARASITIC SENSITIVITY TESTS; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

APIACEAE; BUXACEAE; BUXUS; ERODIUM; FABACEAE; FERULA; GERANIACEAE; GLYCYRRHIZA GLABRA; MAMMALIA; MUS; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 58149251911     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2008.10.041     Document Type: Article

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