Screening of Latin American plants for antiparasitic activities against malaria, Chagas disease, and leishmaniasis

Pharmaceutical Biology

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 545-553

  Calderón, Ángela I ^a   Romero, Luz I ^b   Ortega Barría, Eduardo ^b   Solís, Pablo N ^c   Zacchino, Susana ^d   Gimenez, Alberto ^e   Pinzón, Roberto ^f   Cáceres, Armando ^g   Tamayo, Giselle ^h,i   Guerra, Carlos ^c   Espinosa, Alex ^c   Correa, Mireya ^j,k   Gupta, Mahabir P ^c,k  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Centro de Vacunación Internacional   (United States)

^c Universidad de Panam   (United States)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE ROSARIO   (Argentina)

^e UNIVERSIDAD MAYOR DE SAN ANDRÉS   (Bolivia)

^f UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE COLOMBIA   (Colombia)

^g UNIVERSIDAD DE SAN CARLOS DE GUATEMALA   (Guatemala)

^h INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE BIODIVERSIDAD   (Costa Rica)

ⁱ UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

^j Herbario de la Universidad de Panam   (United States)

^k SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

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Author keywords

Antiparasitic activity; Chagas disease; Latin America; Leishmaniasis; Malaria; Screening

Indexed keywords

ACNISTUS ARBORESCENS EXTRACT; ANNONA CHERIMOLA EXTRACT; ANNONA MURICATA EXTRACT; ANNONA SENEGALENSIS EXTRACT; ARGEMONE SUBFUSIFORMIS EXTRACT; BOURRERIA HUANITA EXTRACT; CAESALPINIA CRISTA EXTRACT; CAESALPINIA PARAGUARIENSIS EXTRACT; CHROMOLAENA CHRISTIEANA EXTRACT; CHROMOLAENA LEIVENSIS EXTRACT; MIKANIA GLOMERATA EXTRACT; MIKANIA PERIPLOCIFOLIA EXTRACT; MONOCHAETUM MYRTOIDEUM EXTRACT; NIFURTIMOX; PARIETARIA DEBILIS EXTRACT; PIPER ACUTIFOLIUM EXTRACT; PIPER ADUNCUM EXTRACT; PIPER BARBATUM EXTRACT; PIPER GAUDICHAUDIANUM EXTRACT; PIPER GLABRATUM EXTRACT; PIPER HOLTONII EXTRACT; PIPER REGNELLI EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; POLYGONUM ACUMINATUM EXTRACT; POLYGONUM MULTIFLORUM EXTRACT; POLYGONUM SENEGALENSE EXTRACT; SCOPARIA DULCIS EXTRACT; TERMINALIA MACROPTERA EXTRACT; TERMINALIA TRIFLORA EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG;

ACNISTUS ARBORESCENS; ANGIOSPERM; ANNONA CHERIMOLA; ANNONA SENEGALENSIS; ANTIMALARIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIPROTOZOAL ACTIVITY; ARGEMONE SUBFUSIFORMIS; ARTICLE; BORAGINACEAE; BOURRERIA HUANITA; CAESALPINIA CRISTA; CAESALPINIA PARAGUARIENSIS; CHAGAS DISEASE; CHROMOLAENA CHRISTIEANA; CHROMOLAENA LEIVENSIS; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG SCREENING; IC 50; IN VITRO STUDY; LEISHMANIA MEXICANA; LEISHMANIASIS; MEDICINAL PLANT; MELASTOMATACEAE; MIKANIA GLOMERATA; MIKANIA PERIPLOCIFOLIA; MONOCHAETUM MYRTOIDEUM; NONHUMAN; PARIETARIA DEBILIS; PIPER ACUTIFOLIUM; PIPER ADUNCUM; PIPER BARBATUM; PIPER GAUDICHAUDIANUM; PIPER GLABRATUM; PIPER HOLTONII; PIPER REGNELLI; PLANT LEAF; PLANT STEM; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POLYGONUM ACUMINATUM; POLYGONUM MULTIFLORUM; POLYGONUM SENEGALENSE; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; TERMINALIA MACROPTERA; TERMINALIA TRIFLORA; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

ANTIMALARIALS; ANTIPARASITIC AGENTS; CHAGAS DISEASE; DRUG EVALUATION, PRECLINICAL; HUMANS; LATIN AMERICA; LEISHMANIASIS; MALARIA; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS; RANDOM ALLOCATION;

ACNISTUS ARBORESCENS; BORAGINACEAE; BOURRERIA HUANITA; LEISHMANIA MEXICANA; MELASTOMATACEAE; MONOCHAETUM; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; SOLANACEAE; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 77951782337     PISSN: 13880209     EISSN: 17445116     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13880200903193344     Document Type: Article

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