Antimalarial potency of the leaf extract of Aspilia africana (Pers.) C.D. Adams

Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 126-129

  Christian, Akuodor Godwin ^a   Mfon, Amos Grace ^b   Dick, Essien Augustine ^a   David Oku, Essien ^a   Linus, Akpan Joseph ^c   Chukwuma, Ezeokpo Basil ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALABAR   (Nigeria)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACEUTICAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT   (Nigeria)

^c EBONYI STATE UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Aspilia africana; Herbal medicine; Mice; Plasmodium berghei

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; ASPILIA AFRICANA EXTRACT; CHLOROQUINE; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIMALARIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASPILIA AFRICANA; ASTERACEAE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG POTENCY; FEMALE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL TIME; TOXICITY TESTING;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANTIMALARIALS; ASTERACEAE; ETHANOL; FEMALE; MALARIA; MALE; MICE; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI; SOLVENTS;

EID: 84855336966     PISSN: 19957645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1995-7645(12)60010-8     Document Type: Article

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