Antiprotozoal activity of Khaya anthotheca, (Welv.) C.D.C. a plant used by chimpanzees for self-medication

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 147, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 220-223

  Obbo, C J D ^a,b   Makanga, B ^a   Mulholland, D A ^c,d   Coombes, P H ^c   Brun, R ^e  

^a MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^b KYAMBOGO UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^e SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Antiprotozoal; Chimpanzees; Drug resistance; Khaya anthotheca; Meliaceae; Self medication

Indexed keywords

1,3 DEACETYLDEOXYHAVENENSIN; 7 DEACETYLKHIVORIN; BENZNIDAZOLE; CHLOROQUINE; GRANDIFOLIONE; MELARSOPROL; MILTEFOSINE; PLANT EXTRACT; PODOPHYLLOTOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIPROTOZOAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; COLUMN CHROMATOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; FEVER; IC 50; IN VITRO STUDY; INFECTION; KHAYA ANTHOTHECA; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; MELIACEAE; MYOBLAST; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; RAT; SELF MEDICATION; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI; TRYPANOSOMA RHODESIENSE; TRYPOMASTIGOTE;

ANIMALS; ANTIMALARIALS; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENTS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; CELL LINE; CELL SURVIVAL; CHEMICAL FRACTIONATION; CHROMATOGRAPHY; INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION 50; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; MELIACEAE; MYOBLASTS, SKELETAL; PAN TROGLODYTES; PARASITIC SENSITIVITY TESTS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT BARK; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; RATS; SEEDS; SOLVENTS; TRYPANOCIDAL AGENTS; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI RHODESIENSE; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

HOMINIDAE; KHAYA; KHAYA ANTHOTHECA; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; MELIACEAE; PAN; PAPIO; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIMATES; RATTUS; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI BRUCEI; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI RHODESIENSE; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 84876137451     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: 18727573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2013.03.007     Document Type: Article

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