In vitro antimalarial activity of extracts of some plants from a biological reserve in Costa Rica

Revista de Biologia Tropical

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 881-891

  Chinchilla, Misael ^a   Valerio, Idalia ^a   Sánchez, Ronald ^b   Mora, Víctor ^b   Bagnarello, Vanessa ^a   Martínez, Laura ^a   Gonzalez, Antonieta ^b   Vanegas, Juan Carlos ^a   Apestegui, Álvaro ^a  

^a Laboratorio de Investigación Universidad de Ciencias Médicas   (Costa Rica)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

Antimalarial plants; Costa Rican plants; In vitro antimalarial activity; Malaria; Plasmodium berghei

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; PLANT EXTRACT;

ANGIOSPERM; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG SENSITIVITY; FEMALE; IC 50; MALE; MOUSE; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI;

ANGIOSPERMS; ANIMALS; ANTIMALARIALS; FEMALE; INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION 50; MALE; MICE; PARASITIC SENSITIVITY TESTS; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI;

ACANTHACEAE; APHELANDRA AURANTIACA; ARACEAE; ARECACEAE; ASTERACEAE; BOCCONIA FRUTESCENS; CLEMATIS; CLEMATIS DIOICA; FABACEAE; GUAREA GLABRA; HAMPEA APPENDICULATA; HELIOCARPUS APPENDICULATUS; IRIARTEA DELTOIDEA; LAURACEAE; LONCHOCARPUS HEPTAPHYLLUS; MALVACEAE; MELIACEAE; MYRIOCARPA LONGIPES; MYRTACEAE; NECTANDRA MEMBRANACEA; NEUROLAENA LOBATA; PAPAVERACEAE; PERSEA; PIPER FRIEDRICHSTHALII; PIPERACEAE; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI; PRUNUS; PSIDIUM; PSIDIUM GUAJAVA; PTEROCARPUS; RANUNCULACEAE; ROSACEAE; RUAGEA; SENNA; SIPARUNA THECAPHORA; SIPARUNACEAE; SOLANACEAE; SOLANUM; SOLANUM ARBOREUM; TICODENDRACEAE; URTICACEAE; WITHERINGIA SOLANACEA; XANTHOSOMA; XANTHOSOMA UNDIPES;

EID: 84866599558     PISSN: 00347744     EISSN: 22152075     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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