Antiplasmodial and antitrypanosomal activity of plants from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Journal of Natural Medicines

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 232-239

  Abdel Sattar, Essam ^a   Harraz, Fathalla M ^a   Al Ansari, Soliman M A ^a   El Mekkawy, Sahar ^b   Ichino, Chikara ^c   Kiyohara, Hiroaki ^c   Otoguro, Kazuhiko ^d   Omura, Satoshi ^d   Yamada, Haruki ^c  

^a KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Egypt)

^c KITASATO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d KITASATO INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antimalarial activity; Antitrypanosomal activity; Cytotoxicity; Screening

Indexed keywords

ALKALOID; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; ANTITRYPANOSOMAL AGENT; ARTEMISININ; CARALLUMA TUBERCULATA EXTRACT; CHLOROQUINE; HELIOTROPIUM ZEYLANICUM EXTRACT; KUKOAMINE A; MALARSOPROL; PENTAMIDINE; PLANT EXTRACT; POLYAMINE; SOLANUM SCHIMPERIANUM EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIMALARIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CARALLUMA TUBERCULATA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; EMBRYO CELL; EXTRACTION; HELIOTROPIUM ZEYLANICUM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; LYCIUM SHAWII; MALARIA; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; SAUDI ARABIA; SOLANUM SCHIMPERIANUM; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI; TRYPANOSOMIASIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENTS; CELL LINE; CHLOROQUINE; DRUG RESISTANCE; HUMANS; INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION 50; PARASITIC SENSITIVITY TESTS; PLANT EXTRACTS; SAUDI ARABIA; TOXICITY TESTS; TRYPANOCIDAL AGENTS; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI BRUCEI;

EID: 60849114406     PISSN: 13403443     EISSN: 18610293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11418-008-0305-5     Document Type: Article

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