Antimalarial activity of plumbagin in vitro and in animal models

BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Sumsakul, Wiriyaporn ^a   Plengsuriyakarn, Tullayakorn ^a   Chaijaroenkul, Wanna ^a   Viyanant, Vithoon ^a   Karbwang, Juntra ^b   Na Bangchang, Kesara ^a  

^a THAMMASAT UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antimalarial; Plasmodium berghei; Plasmodium falciparum; Plumbagin

Indexed keywords

CHLOROQUINE; PLUMBAGIN; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; NAPHTHOQUINONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIMALARIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CLONE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; IC 50; IN VITRO STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI INFECTION; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; SURVIVAL TIME; ANIMAL; BIOAVAILABILITY; BODY WEIGHT; DISEASE MODEL; DRUG EFFECTS; INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH MOUSE; PARASITOLOGY; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI; TOXICITY TESTING;

ANIMALS; ANTIMALARIALS; BIOLOGICAL AVAILABILITY; BODY WEIGHT; CHLOROQUINE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; IN VITRO TECHNIQUES; MALARIA; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED ICR; NAPHTHOQUINONES; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; TOXICITY TESTS;

EID: 84892407670     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6882-14-15     Document Type: Article

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