Improved traditional phytomedicines in current use for the clinical treatment of malaria

Planta Medica

Volumn 77, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 662-671

  Willcox, Merlin ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b Research Initiative on Traditional Antimalarial Methods   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

clinical trials; governmentapproved; herbal medicine; malaria; phytomedicine

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ALSTONIA SCHOLARIS EXTACT; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; ARGEMONE OIL; ARTEMISIA ANNUA EXTRACT; ARTEMISIA APIACEA EXTRACT; ARTEMISIA LANCEA EXTRACT; ARTEMISININ; ARTESUNATE; AYUSH 64; CAESALPINIA BONDUCELLA EXTRACT; CASSIA OCCIDENTALIS EXTRACT; CHLOROQUINE; CINCHONA BARK; CINCHONINE; COCHLOSPERMUM PLANCHONII EXTRACT; CRYPTOLEPIS SANGUINOLENTA EXTRACT; LEGUME EXTACT; LIPPIA CHEVALIERI EXTACT; MALARIAL 5; PHYTO LARIA; PHYTOSTEROL; PICRORHIZA KURROOA EXTACT; PLANT EXTRACT; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT; SESQUITERPENE; SPILANTHES OLERACEAE EXTACT; SWERTIA CHIRATA EXTRACT; TERPENE; TRITERPENOID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG;

ANTIMALARIAL ACTIVITY; APOCYNACEAE; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARGEMONE MEXICANA; ARTEMISIA ANNUA; BARK; BIXACEAE; CINCHONA; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); COCHLOSPERMUM PLANCHONII; CRYPTOLEPIS SANGUINOLENTA; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FLOWER HEAD; HUMAN; IC 50; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALARIA; MEDICINAL PLANT; NAUSEA; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; PLANT SEED; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RECOMMENDED DRUG DOSE; REVIEW; RHIZOME; SOLVENT EXTRACTION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

ANIMALS; ANTIMALARIALS; ARGEMONE; ARTEMISIA ANNUA; BIXACEAE; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; CRYPTOLEPIS; HUMANS; MALARIA; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS; RUBIACEAE;

APOCYNACEAE; ARGEMONE MEXICANA; ARTEMISIA ANNUA; ASTERACEAE; BIXACEAE; CINCHONA; COCHLOSPERMUM PLANCHONII; CRYPTOLEPIS SANGUINOLENTA; RUBIACEAE;

EID: 79954587965     PISSN: 00320943     EISSN: 14390221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0030-1250548     Document Type: Review

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