Isolation, fractionation and evaluation of the antiplasmodial properties of Phyllanthus niruri resident in its chloroform fraction

Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 169-175

  Ifeoma, Obidike ^a,b   Samuel, Okhale ^a   Itohan, Aboh Mercy ^a   Adeola, Salawu Oluwakanyinsola ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACEUTICAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT   (Nigeria)

^b NATIONAL CHEMICAL LABORATORY   (India)

Author keywords

Malaria; Phyllanthus niruri; Plasmodium

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ALKALOID; ANTHRAQUINONE DERIVATIVE; BALSAM; CARBOHYDRATE; CARDIAC GLYCOSIDE; CHLOROFORM; CHLOROQUINE; ESSENTIAL OIL; FLAVONOID; METHANOL; PHENOL; PHLOBATANNIN; PHYLLANTHUS NIRURI EXTRACT; PYRIMETHAMINE; RESIN; SAPONIN; STEROL; TANNIN DERIVATIVE; TERPENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIPLASMODIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MODEL; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SCREENING; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; FRACTIONATION; ISOLATION PROCEDURE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARASITEMIA; PHYLLANTHUS NIRURI; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; ANTIMALARIALS; CHEMICAL FRACTIONATION; CHLOROFORM; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ETHANOL; FEMALE; MALARIA; MALE; METHANOL; MICE; PHYLLANTHUS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT COMPONENTS, AERIAL; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI; SOLVENTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84873206951     PISSN: 19957645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1995-7645(13)60018-8     Document Type: Article

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