Bioassay-guided fractionation and in vivo antiplasmodial effect of fractions of chloroform extract of Artemisia maciverae Linn

Acta Tropica

Volumn 112, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 288-294

  Ene, A C ^a   Atawodi, S E ^a   Ameh, D A ^a   Ndukwe, G I ^a   Kwanashie, H O ^a  

^a AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Anti malarial effect; Antiplasmodial activity; Artemisia maciverae; Bioassay Guided fractionation; Plasmodium berghei

Indexed keywords

ALKALOID DERIVATIVE; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENT; ARTEMISIA MACIVERAE EXTRACT; ARTESUNATE; CHLOROFORM; CHLOROQUINE; PLANT EXTRACT; TRITERPENE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; BIOASSAY; CHLOROFORM; FRACTIONATION; INFECTIVITY; PARASITE; RODENT; TESTING METHOD;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIMALARIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIMALARIAL DRUG RESISTANCE; ARTEMISIA; ARTEMISIA MACIVERAE; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG SCREENING; FRACTIONATION; IN VIVO STUDY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI INFECTION;

ALKALOIDS; ANIMALS; ANTIMALARIALS; ARTEMISIA; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; CHLOROFORM; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; HUMANS; MALARIA; MICE; PARASITEMIA; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI; SOLVENTS; TRITERPENES;

ARTEMISIA; MUS; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI;

EID: 71249122703     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2009.08.016     Document Type: Article

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