Screening of tanzanian medicinal plants against plasmodium falciparum and human immunodeficiency virus

Planta Medica

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 195-201

  Maregesi, Sheila ^a,b   Van Miert, Sabine ^a   Pannecouque, Christophe ^c   Feiz Haddad, Mohammed H ^d   Hermans, Nina ^a   Wright, Colin W ^d   Vlietinck, Arnold J ^a   Apers, Sandra ^a   Pieters, Luc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b MUHIMBILI UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (Tanzania)

^c REGA INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

AntiHIV activity; Antiplasmodial activity; HIV; Medicinal plants; Plasmodium falciparum; Tanzania

Indexed keywords

ACACIA TORTILIS EXTRACT; BARLERIA ERANTHEMOIDES EXTRACT; CHLOROQUINE; COMBRETUM ADENOGONIUM EXTRACT; ELAEODEDRON SCHLECHTERANUM EXTRACT; EUPHORBIA TIRUCALLI EXTRACT; FICUS CYCAMORUS EXTRACT; HARRISONIA ABYSSINICA EXTRACT; INDIGOFERA COLUTEA EXTRACT; LANNEA SCHWEINFURTHII EXTRACT; ORMOCARPUM KIRKII EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; RHYNCHOSIA SUBLOBATA EXTRACT; SESBANIA SESBAN EXTRACT; TERMINALIA MOLLIS EXTRACT; TITHONIA DIVERSIFOLIA EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VERNONIA CINERASCENS EXTRACT;

ACACIA TORTILIS; ARTICLE; BARLERIA ERANTHEMOIDES; COMBRETUM ADENOGONIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG SCREENING; ELAEODEDRON SCHLECHTERANUM; EUPHORBIA TIRUCALLI; FETUS; FICUS CYCAMORUS; HARRISONIA ABYSSINICA; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; INDIGOFERA COLUTEA; LANNEA SCHWEINFURTHII; MEDICINAL PLANT; ORMOCARPUM KIRKII; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; RHYNCHOSIA SUBLOBATA; SESBANIA SESBAN; TERMINALIA MOLLIS; TITHONIA DIVERSIFOLIA; VERNONIA CINERASCENS;

ANGIOSPERMS; ANTIMALARIALS; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; CELL LINE; ERYTHROCYTES; HIV; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HIV-2; HUMANS; INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION 50; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MEDICINE, AFRICAN TRADITIONAL; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT STRUCTURES; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; TANZANIA;

ACACIA TORTILIS; BARLERIA; COMBRETUM; EUPHORBIA TIRUCALLI; HARRISONIA ABYSSINICA; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 2; INDIGOFERA COLUTEA; LANNEA; ORMOCARPUM KIRKII; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; RHYNCHOSIA; SESBANIA SESBAN; TERMINALIA; TITHONIA DIVERSIFOLIA; VERNONIA CINERASCENS;

EID: 74349115473     PISSN: 00320943     EISSN: 14390221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1186024     Document Type: Article

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