Anti-plasmodial polyvalent interactions in Artemisia annua L. aqueous extract - Possible synergistic and resistance mechanisms

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2013, Pages

  Suberu, John O ^a   Gorka, Alexander P ^b   Jacobs, Lauren ^b   Roepe, Paul D ^b   Sullivan, Neil ^c   Barker, Guy C ^a   Lapkin, Alexei A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Business and Innovation Centre   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; ARTEANNUIN B; ARTEMISININ; ARTEMISININ DERIVATIVE; ARTEMISITENE; CINNAMIC ACID DERIVATIVE; DEPSIDE; PLANT EXTRACT; ROSMARINIC ACID;

ARTEMISIA ANNUA; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; DRUG POTENTIATION; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

ANTIMALARIALS; ARTEMISIA ANNUA; ARTEMISININS; CINNAMATES; DEPSIDES; DRUG SYNERGISM; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 84893524285     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0080790     Document Type: Article

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