Investigation of plant extracts in traditional medicine of the Brazilian Cerrado against protozoans and yeasts

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 131, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 116-121

  Albernaz, Lorena Carneiro ^a   de Paula, José Elias ^a   Romero, Gustavo Adolfo Sierra ^a   Silva, Maria do Rosário Rodrigues ^b   Grellier, Phillipe ^c   Mambu, Lengo ^c   Espindola, Laila Salmen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF GOIÁS   (Brazil)

^c MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

Brazilian Cerrado; Calophyllum brasiliense; Diospyros hispida; Leishmania (Leishmania) chagasi; Plasmodium falciparum; Spiranthera odoratissima

Indexed keywords

ANTITRYPANOSOMAL AGENT; ASPIDOSPERMA TOMENTOSUM EXTRACT; CALOPHYLLUM BRASILIENSE EXTRACT; CROTON URUCURANA EXTRACT; DIOSPYROS HISPIDA EXTRACT; KIELMEYERA CORIACEA EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; SCHINUS TEREBINTHIFOLIUS EXTRACT; SIMAROUBA VERSICOLOR EXTRACT; SPIRANTHERA ODORATISSIMA EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALISMATACEAE; ANACARDIACEAE; ANGIOSPERM; ANIMAL CELL; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ANTIPROTOZOAL ACTIVITY; APOCYNACEAE; ARTICLE; ASTERACEAE; BARK; BIGNONIACEAE; BRAZIL; CALOPHYLLACEAE; CALOPHYLLUM BRASILIENSE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA KRUSEI; COLORIMETRY; CRYPTOCOCCUS GATTII; CYTOTOXICITY; DIOSPYROS HISPIDA; DRUG IDENTIFICATION; DRUG SYNTHESIS; EBENACEAE; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; EUPHORBIA; IC 50; IN VITRO STUDY; LEGUME; LEISHMANIA CHAGASI; MAGNOLIACEAE; MALPHIGHIACEAE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MELIACEAE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; PLANT STEM; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOON; RADIOACTIVITY; RUBIACEAE; RUTACEAE; SIMAROUBACEAE; SIPARUNACEAE; SPIRANTHERA ODORATISSIMA; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; VOCHYSIACEAE; YEAST; ZINGIBERACEAE;

ANIMALS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENTS; BRAZIL; CANDIDA; CRYPTOCOCCUS GATTII; HUMANS; LEISHMANIA; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; MICE; NIH 3T3 CELLS; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT STRUCTURES; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

CALOPHYLLUM BRASILIENSE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CRYPTOCOCCUS GATTII; DIOSPYROS; ISSATCHENKIA ORIENTALIS; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI CHAGASI; MAMMALIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOA; SPIRANTHERA ODORATISSIMA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 77955334003     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2010.06.011     Document Type: Article

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