Volatile components of four Ethiopian Artemisia species extracts and their in vitro antitrypanosomal and cytotoxic activities

Phytomedicine

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 369-374

  Nibret, Endalkachew ^a   Wink, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Artemisia absinthium; Artemisia abyssinica; Artemisia afra; Artemisia annua; Ethiopia; HL 60 cells; In vitro; Trypanosoma brucei brucei

Indexed keywords

ANTITRYPANOSOMAL AGENT; ARTEMISIA ABSINTHIUM EXTRACT; ARTEMISIA ABYSSINICA EXTRACT; ARTEMISIA AFRA EXTRACT; ARTEMISIA ANNUA EXTRACT; ARTEMISININ; CAMPHOR; DEOXYQINGHAOSU; DICHLOROMETHANE; EPOXYLINALOOL; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VOLATILE AGENT;

ANTITRYPANOSOMAL ACTIVITY; ARTEMISIA; ARTICLE; CELL STRAIN HL 60; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG ACTIVITY; ETHIOPIA; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IC 50; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

ARTEMISIA; CYTOTOXINS; ETHIOPIA; HL-60 CELLS; HUMANS; INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION 50; MEDICINE, AFRICAN TRADITIONAL; OILS, VOLATILE; PARASITIC SENSITIVITY TESTS; PLANT COMPONENTS, AERIAL; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; TRYPANOCIDAL AGENTS; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI BRUCEI;

ARTEMISIA; ARTEMISIA ABSINTHIUM; ARTEMISIA ABYSSINICA; ARTEMISIA AFRA; ARTEMISIA ANNUA; DRYOBALANOPS; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI BRUCEI;

EID: 76749094502     PISSN: 09447113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.phymed.2009.07.016     Document Type: Article

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