Antimalarial activities of medicinal plants traditionally used in the villages of Dharmapuri regions of South India

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 141, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 796-802

  Kamaraj, Chinnaperumal ^a   Kaushik, Naveen Kumar ^b   Rahuman, Abdul Abdul ^a   Mohanakrishnan, Dinesh ^b   Bagavan, Asokan ^a   Elango, Gandhi ^a   Zahir, Abdul Abduz ^a   Santhoshkumar, Thirunavukkarasu ^a   Marimuthu, Sampath ^a   Jayaseelan, Chidambaram ^a   Kirthi, Arivarasan Vishnu ^a   Rajakumar, Govindasamy ^a   Velayutham, Kanayairam ^a   Sahal, Dinkar ^b  

^a C ABDUL HAKEEM COLLEGE   (India)

^b INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR GENETIC ENGINEERING AND BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antiplasmodial activities; Chloroquine resistance; Cytotoxicity; Dharmapuri region; In vitro Plasmodium falciparum culture; SYBR green assay; Traditional medicine

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; AEGLE MARMELOS EXTRACT; BLACK PEPPER EXTRACT; CHLOROQUINE; LANTANA CAMARA EXTRACT; LEUCAS ASPERA EXTRACT; METHANOL; MOMORDICA CHARANTIA EXTRACT; PHYLLANTHUS AMARUS EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT;

AEGLE MARMELOS; ANTIMALARIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BLACK PEPPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DRUG CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG ISOLATION; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; FEVER; FLOWER; HELA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INDIA; LANTANA CAMARA; LEUCAS ASPERA; MALARIA; MEDICINAL PLANT; MOMORDICA CHARANTIA; NONHUMAN; PHYLLANTHUS AMARUS; PLANT LEAF; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; VALIDATION STUDY;

ANTIMALARIALS; CELL SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; MIDDLE AGED; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

AEGLE MARMELOS; LANTANA CAMARA; LEUCAS ASPERA; MOMORDICA CHARANTIA; PHYLLANTHUS AMARUS; PIPER NIGRUM; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 84861335883     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: 18727573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2012.03.003     Document Type: Article

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