Antimalarial activity of compounds and mixed fractions of Cecropia pachystachya

Drug Development Research

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 82-91

  Uchôa, Valdiléia Teixeira ^a   De Paula, Renata Cristina ^b   Krettli, Luísa G ^b   Santana, Antônio Euzébio Goulart ^a   Krettli, Antoniana Ursine ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF ALAGOAS   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Antimalarial activity; Cecropia pachystachya; Tormentic acid

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CECROPIA PACHYSTACHYA EXTACT; ERYTHROCYTE ANTIGEN; HYPOXANTHINE; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; PLANT EXTRACT; PROTEIN HISTIDINE KINASE; SITOSTEROL; TORMENTIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIMALARIAL ACTIVITY; CECROPIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY TEST; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG ISOLATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HEPATOMA CELL; HUMAN; IC 50; IN VIVO STUDY; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; PARASITEMIA; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; SPECIES; WOOD;

EID: 76749132677     PISSN: 02724391     EISSN: 10982299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ddr.20351     Document Type: Review

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