In vitro antiplasmodial activity and toxicity assessment of some plants from Nigerian ethnomedicine

Pharmaceutical Biology

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 9-14

  Abiodun, Oyindamola ^a,b   Gbotosho, Grace ^b   Ajaiyeoba, Edith ^b   Happi, Tientcha ^b   Falade, Mofolusho ^b,c   Wittlin, Sergio ^d   Sowunmi, Akintunde ^b   Brun, Reto ^d   Oduola, Ayoade ^e  

^a LADOKE AKINTOLA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

^c REDEEMER S UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^d SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^e WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cytotoxicity; L6 cell; Plasmodium falciparum; Terminalia catappa; Vitex doniana

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; CHLOROQUINE; EUPHORBIA HIRTA EXTRACT; HERBACEOUS AGENT; HEXANE; JATROPHA CURCAS EXTRACT; METHANOL; OCIMUM GRATISSIMUM EXTRACT; PHYLLANTHUS AMARUS EXTRACT; PILIOSTIGMA THONNINGII EXTRACT; PYRIMETHAMINE; TERMINALIA CATAPPA EXTRACT; TREMA ORIENTALIS EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VITEX DONIANA EXTRACT;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIMALARIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BARK; BASIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG RESISTANCE; DRUG SENSITIVITY; EUPHORBIA HIRTA; IC 50; IN VITRO STUDY; JATROPHA; JATROPHA CURCAS; MEDICINAL PLANT; NIGERIA; NONHUMAN; OCIMUM GRATISSIMUM; PHYLLANTHUS AMARUS; PILIOSTIGMA THONNINGII; PLANT LEAF; PLANT STEM; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; RAT; TERMINALIA; TERMINALIA CATAPPA; TOXICITY TESTING; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; TREMA; TREMA ORIENTALIS; VITEX; VITEX DONIANA;

ANIMALS; ANTIMALARIALS; CELLS, CULTURED; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; HUMANS; INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION 50; MEDICINE, AFRICAN TRADITIONAL; MYOBLASTS, SKELETAL; NIGERIA; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; RATS; TOXICITY TESTS;

COMBRETACEAE; EUPHORBIACEAE; JATROPHA CURCAS; LAMIACEAE; MAMMALIA; OCIMUM GRATISSIMUM; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; TERMINALIA CATAPPA; TREMA ORIENTALIS; ULMACEAE; VERBENACEAE; VITEX DONIANA;

EID: 78651327707     PISSN: 13880209     EISSN: 17445116     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13880209.2010.490224     Document Type: Article

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