In vivo antimalarial activity of ajuga remota water extracts against plasmodium berghei in mice

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 545-548

  Gitua, John N ^a   Muchiri, Daniel R ^b   Nguyen, Xuan An T ^a  

^a DRAKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EGERTON UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Ajuga remota; In vivo; Medicinal plant; Plasmodium berghei

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868151000     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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