Study of the in vitro antiplasmodial, antileishmanial and antitrypanosomal activities of medicinal plants from Saudi Arabia

Molecules

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 11379-11390

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

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b SANA A UNIVERSITY   (Yemen)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Antileishmanial; Antiplasmodial; Antiprotozoal; Antitrypanosomal; Crude extracts; Medicinal plants; Saudi Arabia

Indexed keywords

ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENT; PLANT EXTRACT;

ARTICLE; CELL SURVIVAL; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG SENSITIVITY; HUMAN; IC 50; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; MEDICINAL PLANT; PLASMODIUM; SAUDI ARABIA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; TUMOR CELL LINE;

ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENTS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL SURVIVAL; HUMANS; INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION 50; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; PARASITIC SENSITIVITY TESTS; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; PLASMODIUM; SAUDI ARABIA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 84868112724     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14203049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/molecules171011379     Document Type: Article

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