Screening of medicinal plants against Leishmania amazonensis

Pharmaceutical Biology

Volumn 48, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1053-1058

  García, Marley ^a   Monzote, Lianet ^a   Montalvo, Ana Margarita ^a   Scull, Ramón ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA TROPICAL PEDRO KOURÍ   (Cuba)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAVANA   (Cuba)

Author keywords

Ethnobotany; In vitro screening; Leishmania amazonensis; Medicinal plants; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ANNONA GLABRA EXTRACT; ARTEMISIA ABSINTHIUM EXTRACT; BAMBUSA VULGARIS EXTRACT; BIDENS PILOSA EXTRACT; BIXA ORELLANA EXTRACT; BURSERA SIMARUBA EXTRACT; CASSIA GRANDIS EXTRACT; CECROPIA PELTATA EXTRACT; CUPRESSUS SEMPERVIRENS EXTRACT; CURCUMA LONGA EXTRACT; FLAVONOID; INDIGOFERA SUFFRUCTICOSA EXTRACT; LEPIDIUM VIRGINICUM EXTRACT; LUFFA AEGYPTIACA EXTRACT; MANGIFERA INDICA EXTRACT; MELIA AZEDARACH EXTRACT; OCIMUM SANCTUM EXTRACT; PARTHENIUM HYSTEROPHORUS EXTRACT; PENTAMIDINE; PLANT EXTRACT; PLUCHEA CAROLINENSIS EXTRACT; PUNICA GRANATUM EXTRACT; TAMARIND EXTRACT; TURNERA ULMIFOLIA EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMASTIGOTE; ANIMAL CELL; ANNONA GLABRA; ANTIPROTOZOAL ACTIVITY; ARTEMISIA ABSINTHIUM; ARTICLE; BAMBUSA VULGARIS; BIDENS PILOSA; BIXA ORELLANA; BURSERA SIMARUBA; CASSIA GRANDIS; CECROPIA PELTATA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUPRESSUS SEMPERVIRENS; CURCUMA LONGA; CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG SCREENING; IC 50; INDIGOFERA SUFFRUCTICOSA; LEISHMANIA; LEPIDIUM VIRGINICUM; LUFFA AEGYPTIACA; MANGO; MEDICINAL PLANT; MELIA AZEDARACH; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OCIMUM SANCTUM; PARTHENIUM HYSTEROPHORUS; PERITONEUM MACROPHAGE; PLUCHEA CAROLINENSIS; POMEGRANATE; PROMASTIGOTE; TAMARIND; TURNERA ULMIFOLIA;

ANIMALS; ANTIPARASITIC AGENTS; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENTS; BIDENS; CELLS, CULTURED; CUBA; DRUG DISCOVERY; DRUG EVALUATION, PRECLINICAL; INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION 50; LEISHMANIA MEXICANA; LEISHMANIASIS; MACROPHAGES, PERITONEAL; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; PUNICACEAE;

ASTERACEAE; BIDENS PILOSA; LEISHMANIA AMAZONENSIS; LYTHRACEAE; MUS; PROTOZOA; PUNICA GRANATUM;

EID: 77956044819     PISSN: 13880209     EISSN: 17445116     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13880200903485729     Document Type: Article

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