Plants of the American continent with antimalarial activity

Revista Brasileira de Farmacognosia

Volumn 19, Issue 1 A, 2009, Pages 158-192

  Mariath, Ingrid R ^a   Falcão, Heloina De S ^a   Barbosa Filho, José M ^a   De Sousa, Layanna C F ^a   Tomaz, Anna Cláudia De A ^a   Batista, Leônia M ^a   Diniz, Margareth De Fátima F M ^a   Athayde Filho, Petrônio F ^a   Tavares, Josean Fechine ^a   Silva, Marcelo S ^a   Da Cunha, Emídio Vasconcelos L ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARAÍBA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

American continent; Antimalarial activity; Medicinal plants; Natural products; Review

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; HERBACEOUS AGENT;

ANGIOSPERM; ANTIMALARIAL ACTIVITY; APOCYNACEAE; ASTERACEAE; BURSERACEAE; CUCUMBER; GENTIANACEAE; LEGUME; LOGANIACEAE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MELIACEAE; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM; REVIEW; RUBIACEAE; SIMAROUBACEAE; VERBENACEAE; WESTERN HEMISPHERE;

EID: 69549115666     PISSN: 0102695X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0102-695X2009000100026     Document Type: Review

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