Antiplasmodial activity of extracts from seven medicinal plants used in malaria treatment in Cameroon

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 123, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 483-488

  Boyom, Fabrice Fekam ^a   Kemgne, Eugénie Madiesse ^a   Tepongning, Roselyne ^a   Ngouana, Vincent ^a   Mbacham, Wilfred Fon ^a   Tsamo, Etienne ^b   Zollo, Paul Henri Amvam ^a   Gut, Jiri ^c   Rosenthal, Philip J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YAOUNDÉ I   (Cameroon)

^b TWAS Research Unit   (Cameroon)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetogenin; Antiplasmodial; Artocarpus communis; Croton zambesicus; Dorstenia convexa; Enantia chlorantha; Malaria; Neoboutonia glabrescens; Polyalthia oliveri; Uvariopsis congolana

Indexed keywords

ACETOGENIN; ARTOCARPUS CONVEXA EXTRACT; CROTON ZAMBESICUS EXTRACT; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE; ENANTIA CHLORANTHA EXTRACT; FALCIPAIN 2; NEOBOUTONIA GLABRESCENS EXTRACT; ORGANIC SOLVENT; PLANT EXTRACT; POLYALTHIA OLIVERI EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UVARIOPSIS CONGOLANA EXTRACT;

ANNONACEAE; ARTICLE; CAMEROON; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG POTENCY; ENZYME INHIBITION; ERYTHROCYTE; FRACTIONATION; IC 50; MALARIA; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

ANGIOSPERMS; ANIMALS; ANNONACEAE; ANTIMALARIALS; CAMEROON; CYSTEINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; ERYTHROCYTES; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; EUPHORBIACEAE; INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION 50; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MEDICINE, AFRICAN TRADITIONAL; MORACEAE; PARASITIC SENSITIVITY TESTS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

ARTOCARPUS ALTILIS; CROTON ZAMBESICUS; DORSTENIA; ENANTIA CHLORANTHA; NEOBOUTONIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POLYALTHIA; UVARIOPSIS;

EID: 67349144375     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2009.03.008     Document Type: Article

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