Antiplasmodial potential of selected medicinal plants from Eastern Ghats of South India

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 134, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 26-32

  Kaushik, Naveen Kumar ^a   Bagavan, Asokan ^b   Rahuman, Abdul Abdul ^b   Mohanakrishnan, Dinesh ^a   Kamaraj, Chinnaperumal ^b   Elango, Gandhi ^b   Zahir, Abdul Abduz ^b   Sahal, Dinkar ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR GENETIC ENGINEERING AND BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Italy)

^b C ABDUL HAKEEM COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Antiplasmodial activity; Eastern Ghats of South India; Medicinal plants; Plasmodium falciparum

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; ARTEMISIA PALLENS EXTRACT; ARTEMISININ; ASPARAGUS RACEMOSUS EXTRACT; CHLOROQUINE; CYPERUS ROTUNDUS EXTRACT; EMBLICA OFFICINALIS EXTRACT; FICUS BENGALENSIS EXTRACT; FICUS RELIGIOSA EXTRACT; GINGER EXTRACT; HEMIDESMUS INDICUS EXTRACT; MURRAYA KOENIGII EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIMALARIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIMALARIAL DRUG RESISTANCE; ARTEMISIA PALLENS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG SCREENING; DRUG SYNTHESIS; ETHNOBOTANY; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; GROWTH INHIBITION; HELA CELL; IC 50; IN VITRO STUDY; INDIA; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

CYPERUS; DRUG RESISTANCE; FICUS; GINGER; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; INDIA; INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION 50; MURRAYA; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 84875117799     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: 10902449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exppara.2013.01.021     Document Type: Article

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