Antimalarial plant remedies from Burkina Faso: Their potential for prophylactic use

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 140, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 255-260

  Yerbanga, Rakiswendé Serge ^a,c   Lucantoni, Leonardo ^a   Lupidi, Giulio ^a   Dori, Geme Urge ^a   Tepongning, Nzangue Roselyne ^a   Nikiéma, Jean Baptiste ^b   Esposito, Fulvio ^a   Habluetzel, Annette ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMERINO   (Italy)

^b School of Science and Biotechnology ^*  (Burkina Faso)

^c Institut de Recherche en Sciences de la Santé   (Burkina Faso)

Author keywords

Antimalarial remedies; Malaria; Plasmodium berghei; Prophylaxis; Traditional medicine

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; AZADIRACHTA INDICA EXTRACT; COCHLOSPERMUM PLANCHONII ROOT DECOCTION; PLANT EXTRACT; SAYE EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANOPHELES STEPHENSI; ANTIMALARIAL ACTIVITY; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; AZADIRACHTA INDICA; BODY WEIGHT; BURKINA FASO; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COCHLOSPERMUM PLANCHONII; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG SYNTHESIS; FEMALE; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MEDICINAL PLANT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI; SAYE; TREATMENT DURATION;

ANGIOSPERMS; ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; ANTIMALARIALS; AZADIRACHTA; BIXACEAE; BURKINA FASO; CASSIA; MALARIA; MEDICINE, AFRICAN TRADITIONAL; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; PARASITEMIA; PHYLLANTHUS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI;

ANIMALIA; AZADIRACHTA INDICA; COCHLOSPERMACEAE; COCHLOSPERMUM PLANCHONII; EUPHORBIACEAE; FABACEAE; MELIACEAE; MURINAE; MUS; PHYLLANTHUS AMARUS; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI; SENNA ALATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84858003202     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: 18727573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2012.01.014     Document Type: Article

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