Artemisia species: From traditional medicines to modern antimalarials - And back again

Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 101-109

  Willcox, Merlin ^a  

^a Research Initiative on Traditional Antimalarial Methods (RITAM)   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMODIAQUINE PLUS ARTESUNATE; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; ARTEANNUIN B; ARTEMETHER; ARTEMETIN; ARTEMISIA ABROTANUM EXTRACT; ARTEMISIA ABSINTHIUM EXTRACT; ARTEMISIA AFRA EXTRACT; ARTEMISIA ANNUA EXTRACT; ARTEMISIA APIACEA EXTRACT; ARTEMISIA LANCEA EXTRACT; ARTEMISININ; ARTESUNATE; CASTICIN; CHINESE DRUG; CHLOROQUINE; CHRYSOPLENETIN; CHRYSOSPLENOL DELTA; CIRSILINEOL; DIHYDROARTEMISININ; EUPATORIN; FANSIDAR; PLANT EXTRACT; QING HAO; QUININE; SHENNONG BEN CAO JING; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIMALARIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIPYRETIC ACTIVITY; ARTEMISIA; ARTEMISIA ABROTANUM; ARTEMISIA ABSINTHIUM; ARTEMISIA AFRA; ARTEMISIA ANNUA; ARTEMISIA APIACEA; ARTEMISIA LANCEA; ARTICLE; CHINESE HERB; CHINESE MEDICINE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG DOSAGE FORM COMPARISON; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG POTENCY; DRUG POTENTIATION; DRUG SOLUBILITY; DRUG SYNTHESIS; FEVER; FLOWER; GAMETOCYTE; HUMAN; IC 50; IN VITRO STUDY; MALARIA; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IMMUNITY; PARASITEMIA; PLANT LEAF; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOMMENDED DRUG DOSE; TEA; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

ANTIMALARIALS; ARTEMISIA; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HUMANS; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS;

EID: 60949097711     PISSN: 10755535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/acm.2008.0327     Document Type: Article

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