In vitro and in vivo antimalarial activity of essential oils and chemical components from three medicinal plants found in Northeastern Brazil

Planta Medica

Volumn 78, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 658-664

  Mota, Magaly L ^a   Lobo, Lis Tavares Coelho ^a   Galberto Da Costa, José M ^b   Costa, Leandro S ^a   Rocha, Hugo A O ^a   Rocha E Silva, Luiz F ^c,d   Pohlit, Adrian M ^d   De Andrade Neto, Valter F ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO NORTE   (Brazil)

^b REGIONAL UNIVERSITY OF CARIRI   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF AMAZONAS   (Brazil)

^d Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amaznia   (Brazil)

Author keywords

bisabolol; antimalarial activity; Croton zehntneriEuphorbiaceae; estragole; Lippia sidoides Verbenaceae; thymol; Vanillosmopsis arborea Asteraceae

Indexed keywords

ASTERACEAE EXTRACT; BISABOLOL; ESSENTIAL OIL; ESTRAGOLE; EUPHORBIA EXTRACT; LIPPIASIDOIDES EXTRACT; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT; THYMOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ANIMAL CELL; ANTIMALARIAL ACTIVITY; ARBOREAL SPECIES; ARTICLE; ASTERACEAE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; EUPHORBIACEAE; GROWTH INHIBITION; HELA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MEDICINAL PLANT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI INFECTION; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; VANILLOSMOPSIS ARBOREA;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; ANISOLES; ANTIMALARIALS; ASTERACEAE; BRAZIL; CROTON; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, SUBCUTANEOUS; LIPPIA; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MICE; OILS, VOLATILE; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT PREPARATIONS; PLANT STEMS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; SESQUITERPENES; THYMOL;

ASTERACEAE; CROTON ZEHNTNERI; LIPPIA SIDOIDES; MUS; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; VERBENACEAE;

EID: 84861098518     PISSN: 00320943     EISSN: 14390221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0031-1298333     Document Type: Article

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