In vitro antiplasmodial, antileishmanial and antitrypanosomal activities of selected medicinal plants used in the traditional Arabian Peninsular region

BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Al Musayeib, Nawal M ^a   Mothana, Ramzi A ^a   Matheeussen, An ^b   Cos, Paul ^b   Maes, Louis ^b  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTILEISHMANIAL AGENT; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; ANTITRYPANOSOMAL AGENT; CHROZOPHORA OBLONGIFOLIA EXTRACT; CUPRESSUS SEMPERVIRENS EXTRACT; FICUS INGENS EXTRACT; GREWIA ERYTHRAEA EXTRACT; KANAHIA LANIFLORA EXTRACT; KNIPHOFIA SUMARAE EXTRACT; LAVANDULA DENTATA EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; PLECTRANTHUS BARBATUS EXTRACT; TAGETES MINUTA EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VERNONIA LEOPOLDII EXTRACT;

ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CHROZOPHORA OBLONGIFOLIA; CUPRESSUS SEMPERVIRENS; CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG ISOLATION; FICUS INGENS; GREWIA ERYTHRAEA; KANAHIA LANIFLORA; KNIPHOFIA SUMARAE; LAVANDULA DENTATA; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLECTRANTHUS BARBATUS; SAUDI ARABIA; TAGETES MINUTA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; VERNONIA LEOPOLDII; YEMEN;

EID: 84862187650     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6882-12-49     Document Type: Article

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