The antiplasmodial and radical scavenging activities of flavonoids of Erythrina burttii

Acta Tropica

Volumn 123, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 123-127

  Yenesew, Abiy ^a   Akala, Hoseah M ^b,c   Twinomuhwezi, Hannington ^a,c   Chepkirui, Carolyne ^a   Irungu, Beatrice N ^d   Eyase, Fredrick L ^b   Kamatenesi Mugisha, Maud ^c   Kiremire, Bernard T ^c   Johnson, Jacob D ^b   Waters, Norman C ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

^b U S ARMY   (United States)

^c MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^d KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^e UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY   (United States)

Author keywords

2 Arylbenzofuran; DPPH; Erythrina burttii; Flavonoid; Isoflav 3 ene; Leguminosae; Malaria; Plasmodium berghei; Plasmodium falciparum; Radical scavenger; Root bark

Indexed keywords

4' O METHYLSIGMOIDIN B; ABYSSINONE V; ABYSSINONE V METHYL ETHER; ACETONE; BURTTINOL A; BURTTINOL B; BURTTINOL C; BURTTINOL D; CALOPOCARPIN; CHLOROQUINE; ERYVARIN H; FLAVONOID; QUERCETIN; QUININE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BARK; LEGUME; MALARIA; ROOT; SCAVENGING (FEEDING);

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIMALARIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BARK; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYCLIZATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG STRUCTURE; ERYTHRINA; ERYTHRINA BURTTII; IC 50; MALARIA; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PLANT ROOT; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

ANIMALS; ANTIMALARIALS; ERYTHRINA; FLAVONOIDS; FREE RADICAL SCAVENGERS; HUMANS; MALARIA; MALE; MICE; PARASITIC SENSITIVITY TESTS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT ROOTS; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ERYTHRINA ABYSSINICA; ERYTHRINA BURTTII; ERYTHRINA SACLEUXII; FABACEAE; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 84861346243     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: 18736254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2012.04.011     Document Type: Article

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