In vitro antiplasmodial effect of ethanolic extracts of coastal medicinal plants along Palk Strait against Plasmodium falciparum

Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 364-367

  Inbaneson, Samuel Jacob ^a   Ravikumar, Sundaram ^a   Suganthi, Palavesam ^a  

^a ALAGAPPA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Acalypha indica; Achyranthes aspera; Antiplasmodial activity; Jatropha glandulifera; Medicinal plants; Phyllanthus amarus; Phytochemicals; Plasmodium falciparum

Indexed keywords

ACALYPHA INDICA EXTRACT; ACHYRANTHES ASPERA EXTRACT; ALCOHOL; ALKALOID DERIVATIVE; COUMARIN DERIVATIVE; FLAVANOID; GLYCOSIDE; JATROPHA GLANDULIFERA EXTRACT; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; PHYLLANTHUS AMARUS EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; PROTEIN; QUINONE DERIVATIVE; RESIN; SAPONIN DERIVATIVE; STEROID; TANNIN DERIVATIVE; TRITERPENOID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT;

ACALYPHA INDICA; ANTIPLASMODIAL EFFECT; ANTIPROTOZOAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG IDENTIFICATION; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG STERILITY; FLOWER; IN VITRO STUDY; JATROPHA; JATROPHA GLANDULIFERA; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; PLANT STEM; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASHORE; ACHYRANTHES; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; HUMAN; INDIA;

ACALYPHA INDICA; ACHYRANTHES ASPERA; JATROPHA GLANDULIFERA; PHYLLANTHUS AMARUS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

ACHYRANTHES; ANTIMALARIALS; ETHANOL; HUMANS; IN VITRO TECHNIQUES; INDIA; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 84858264762     PISSN: 22211691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2221-1691(12)60057-4     Document Type: Article

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