In vitro activity of extracts and isolated polyphenols from West African medicinal plants against Plasmodium falciparum

Parasitology Research

Volumn 111, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 827-834

  Ndjonka, Dieudonné ^a,b   Bergmann, Bärbel ^c   Agyare, Christian ^b   Zimbres, Flávia M ^d   Lüersen, Kai ^b   Hensel, Andreas ^b   Wrenger, Carsten ^c,d   Liebau, Eva ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NGAOUNDERE   (Cameroon)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^c BERNHARD NOCHT INSTITUTE FOR TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CHLOROQUINE; ELLAGIC ACID; FUROSIN; GALLIC ACID; GENTISIC ACID; GERANIIN; PLANT EXTRACT; POLYPHENOL DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AFRICA; ANOGEISSUS LEIOCARPUS; ANTIMALARIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIPLASMODIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIPROLIFERATIVE ACTIVITY; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG SCREENING; DRUG STRUCTURE; GROWTH INHIBITION; IC 50; IN VITRO STUDY; KHAYA SENEGALENSIS; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; PHYLLANTHUS; PHYLLANTHUS MUELLERIANUS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

AFRICA, WESTERN; ANIMALS; ANTIMALARIALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ERYTHROCYTES; HUMANS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POLYPHENOLS;

ANOGEISSUS LEIOCARPA; KHAYA SENEGALENSIS; PHYLLANTHUS MUELLERIANUS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 84866005767     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: 14321955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-012-2905-y     Document Type: Article

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