In vitro antimalarial activity and cytotoxicity of some selected cuban medicinal plants;Actividad antimalárica in vitro y citotoxicidad de algunas plantas medicinales Cubanas seleccionadas

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 197-201

  Valdés, Aymé Fernández Calienes ^a   Martínez, Judith Mendiola ^a   Lizama, Ramón Scull ^b   Gaitén, Yamilet Gutiérrez ^b   Rodríguez, Deyanira Acuña ^a   Payrol, Juan Abreu ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA TROPICAL PEDRO KOURÍ   (Cuba)

^b INSTITUTO DE FARMACIA Y ALIMENTOS   (Cuba)

Author keywords

Antiparasitic; Antiprotozoal; Ethnomedicine; Ethnopharmacology; Malaria; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; BAMBUSA VULGARIS EXTRACT; PARTHENIUM HYSTEROPHORUS EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; PUNICA GRANATUM EXTRACT; TRITERPENOID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

ANTIMALARIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BAMBUSA VULGARIS; BARK; COLORIMETRY; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUBA; DRUG CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG POTENCY; DRUG SCREENING; DRUG SELECTIVITY; DRUG SYNTHESIS; EMBRYO; FIBROBLAST CULTURE; GIEMSA STAIN; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IC 50; IN VITRO STUDY; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PARTHENIUM HYSTEROPHORUS; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT ROOT; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY;

ANTIMALARIALS; CALORIMETRY; CELL LINE; CUBA; FIBROBLASTS; HUMANS; INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION 50; PARASITIC SENSITIVITY TESTS; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 77958021573     PISSN: 00364665     EISSN: 16789946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0036-46652010000400006     Document Type: Article

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