Ethnobotanical study of antimalarial plants in Shinile District, Somali Region, Ethiopia, and in vivo evaluation of selected ones against Plasmodium berghei

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 139, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 221-227

  Mesfin, Akalu ^a   Giday, Mirutse ^b   Animut, Abebe ^b   Teklehaymanot, Tilahun ^b  

^a Department of Textile Engineering   (Ethiopia)

^b ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Antimalarial plants; Ethiopia; Ethnobotanical study; Plasmodium berghei; Shinile

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ALOE VERA EXTRACT; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; AZADIRACHTA INDICA EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; TAMARINDUS INDICA EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

ADULT; AGED; ALOE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIMALARIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; AZADIRACHTA INDICA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG SCREENING; ETHIOPIA; ETHNOBOTANY; FEMALE; FRUIT; HARVEST; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PARASITEMIA; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI INFECTION; SURVIVAL; TAMARIND; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

ALOE; ANIMALS; ANTIMALARIALS; AZADIRACHTA; ETHNOBOTANY; FRUIT; MALARIA; MALE; MEDICINE, AFRICAN TRADITIONAL; MICE; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI; PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS, ANIMAL; TAMARINDUS;

ALOE; AZADIRACHTA INDICA; MUS; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI; TAMARINDUS INDICA;

EID: 83555163782     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: 18727573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2011.11.006     Document Type: Article

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