Antiplasmodial activity of botanical extracts against Plasmodium falciparum

Parasitology Research

Volumn 108, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1099-1109

  Bagavan, Asokan ^a   Rahuman, Abdul Abdul ^a   Kamaraj, Chinnaperumal ^a   Kaushik, Naveen Kumar ^b   Mohanakrishnan, Dinesh ^b   Sahal, Dinkar ^b  

^a C ABDUL HAKEEM COLLEGE   (India)

^b INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR GENETIC ENGINEERING AND BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3 (4,5 DIMETHYL 2 THIAZOLYL) 2,5 DIPHENYLTETRAZOLIUM BROMIDE; ACETIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; ACETONE; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; ARTEMISININ; CHLOROFORM; CHLOROQUINE; CITRUS SINENSIS EXTRACT; HEXANE; LEUCAS ASPERA EXTRACT; METHANOL; OCIMUM SANCTUM EXTRACT; PHYLLANTHUS ACIDUS EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; TERMINALIA CHEBULA EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIMALARIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BASIL; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SCREENING; DRUG SELECTIVITY; HEP 2 CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IC 50; IN VITRO STUDY; LEUCAS ASPERA; NONHUMAN; OCIMUM SANCTUM; PHYLLANTHUS; PHYLLANTHUS ACIDUS; PLANT LEAF; PLANT SEED; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUTACEAE; SWEET ORANGE; TERMINALIA CHEBULA; VERO CELL;

ANIMALS; ANTIMALARIALS; CELL LINE; CELL SURVIVAL; HUMANS; INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION 50; PARASITIC SENSITIVITY TESTS; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; STAINING AND LABELING; TETRAZOLIUM SALTS; THIAZOLES;

CITRUS SINENSIS; LEUCAS ASPERA; OCIMUM TENUIFLORUM; PHYLLANTHUS ACIDUS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; TERMINALIA CHEBULA;

EID: 79956203922     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: 14321955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-010-2151-0     Document Type: Article

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