Antiplasmodial activity of the ethnobotanical plant Cassia fistula

Natural Product Communications

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1263-1266

  Grace, Mary H ^a   Lategan, Carmen ^b   Graziose, Rocky ^c   Smith, Peter J ^b   Raskin, Ilya ^c   Lila, Mary Ann ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antiplasmodial; Cassia fistula; Cytotoxicity; Glycolipid; Lutein; Phytol

Indexed keywords

CASSIA FISTULA EXTRACT; CHLOROFORM; DILINEOLYLGALACTOPYRANOSYLGLYCEROL; GLYCEROL DERIVATIVE; PHYTOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XANTHOPHYLL;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIPLASMODIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIPROTOZOAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BARK; BRAZIL; CASSIA FISTULA; CHO CELL; COLUMN CHROMATOGRAPHY; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG ISOLATION; FEMALE; FRUIT; IN VITRO STUDY; MALARIA; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PARTITION CHROMATOGRAPHY; PLANT LEAF; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 84869831873     PISSN: 1934578X     EISSN: 15559475     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1934578x1200701002     Document Type: Article

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