Antimalarial plants of northeast India: An overview

Journal of Ayurveda and Integrative Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 10-16

  Shankar, Rama ^a   Deb, Sourabh ^b   Sharma, B ^c  

^a Ayurveda Regional Research Institute   (India)

^b NORTH EASTERN HILL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c North Eastern Institute of Folk Medicine   (India)

Author keywords

Alkaloids; malaria; medicinal plants; mosquito repellents; northeast India; traditional knowledge of medicine

Indexed keywords

PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT;

ALSTONIA SCHOLARIS; ANTIMALARIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BARK; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPTIS TEETA; CROTOLARIA OCCULTA; DRUG DETERMINATION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG SCREENING; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INDIA; MALARIA; MEDICINAL PLANT; OCIMUM TENUIFLORUM; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; PLASMODIUM; POLYGALA PERSICARIAEFOLIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES COMPARISON; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; VITEX PEDUNCULARIS;

EID: 84858958500     PISSN: 09759476     EISSN: 09762809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0975-9476.93940     Document Type: Article

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