Evaluation of the antiplasmodial and cytotoxicity potentials of husk fiber extracts from Cocos nucifera, a medicinal plant used in Nigeria to treat human malaria

Human and Experimental Toxicology

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 244-249

  Adebayo, J O ^a,b   Santana, A E G ^c   Krettli, A U ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILORIN   (Nigeria)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF ALAGOAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

anti Plasmodium falciparum activity; Cocos nucifera varieties; malaria; Nigeria; plants; toxicity

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; CHLOROQUINE; COCOS NUCIFERA EXTRACT; CYTOTOXIC AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIMALARIAL ACTIVITY; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; CELL STRAIN HEPG2; CONFERENCE PAPER; DRUG SCREENING; FRUIT HUSK; HEMOLYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IC 50; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANTIMALARIALS; CELL SURVIVAL; COCOS; HEMOLYSIS; HEP G2 CELLS; HUMANS; MEDICINE, AFRICAN TRADITIONAL; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

COCOS NUCIFERA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 84861040813     PISSN: 09603271     EISSN: 14770903     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0960327111424298     Document Type: Conference Paper

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