In vivo antitrypanosomal effects of some Ethnomedicinal plants from Nupeland of north central Nigeria

African Journal of Traditional, Complementary and Alternative Medicines

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 15-21

  Mann, Abdullahi ^a   Ifarajimi, Oluwaseyi R ^a   Adewoye, Abdulfatai T ^a   Ukam, Chidiebere ^a   Udeme, EkpenyongE ^a   Okorie, Isaac I ^b   Sakpe, Mohammed S ^b   Ibrahim, Dauda R ^b   Yahaya, YusufA ^a   Kabir, Adamu Y ^b   Ogbadoyi, Emmanuel O ^b  

^a Federal Polytechnic Bida   (Nigeria)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Antitrypanosomal activity; Ethnomedicinal plants; Nupeland; Sleeping sickness; Trypanosomiasis; Trypanostaticeffect

Indexed keywords

ACACIA NILOTICA EXTRACT; ANTITRYPANOSOMAL AGENT; BOMBAX BUONOPOZENSE EXTRACT; DIMINAZENE ACETURATE; DRUG METABOLITE; METHANOL; PLANT EXTRACT; TERMINALIA AVICENNIOIDES EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZANTHOXYLUM ZANTHOXYLOIDES EXTRACT;

ACACIA; ACACIA NILOTICA; AFRICAN TRYPANOSOMIASIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIPROTOZOAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BARK; BOMBAX; BOMBAX BUONOPOZENSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG SCREENING; FRUIT; IN VIVO STUDY; MEDICINAL PLANT; MOUSE; NIGERIA; NONHUMAN; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT STEM; SURVIVAL TIME; TERMINALIA; TERMINALIA AVICENNIOIDES; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; TREATMENT DURATION; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI; ZANTHOXYLUM; ZANTHOXYLUM ZANTHOXYLOIDES;

ACACIA; ANIMALS; BOMBAX; MEDICINE, AFRICAN TRADITIONAL; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; NIGERIA; PARASITIC SENSITIVITY TESTS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT STEMS; TERMINALIA; TRYPANOCIDAL AGENTS; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI BRUCEI; TRYPANOSOMIASIS, AFRICAN; ZANTHOXYLUM;

EID: 79960150888     PISSN: 01896016     EISSN: 01896016     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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