Aspidosperma (Apocynaceae) plant cytotoxicity and activity towards malaria parasites. Part I: Aspidosperma nitidum (Benth) used as a remedy to treat fever and malaria in the Amazon

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 108, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 974-982

  Penna Coutinho, Julia ^a,b   Campos Aguiar, Anna Caroline ^a,b   dos Santos, Pierre Alexandre ^a   Corsino Lima, Joaquim ^d   Lima Rocha, Maria Gabrielle ^a   Leomar Zani, Carlos ^a   Almeida Alves, Tânia Maria ^a   Goulart Santana, Antônio Euzébio ^e   Pereira, Maria de Meneses ^c   Krettli, Antoniana Ursine ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF AMAZONAS   (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MATO GROSSO   (Brazil)

^e FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF ALAGOAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Aspidosperma nitidum; Human malaria; Medicinal plants; Plasmodium falciparum; Selectivity index

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; PLANT EXTRACT;

ANIMAL; ASPIDOSPERMA; BARK; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; DRUG SENSITIVITY; HUMAN; IC50; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALARIA; MOUSE; PARASITOLOGY; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

ANIMALS; ANTIMALARIALS; ASPIDOSPERMA; HUMANS; INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION 50; MALARIA; MICE; PARASITIC SENSITIVITY TESTS; PLANT BARK; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 84890342821     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: 16788060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/0074-0276130246     Document Type: Article

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