The potential of anti-malarial compounds derived from African medicinal plants, part II: A pharmacological evaluation of non-alkaloids and non-terpenoids

Malaria Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Ntie Kang, Fidele ^a,b   Onguéné, Pascal Amoa ^c   Lifongo, Lydia L ^a   Ndom, Jean Claude ^c   Sippl, Wolfgang ^b   Mbaze, Luc Meva'A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BUEA   (Cameroon)

^b MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DOUALA   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

Africa; Malaria; Medicinal plants; Natural products; Traditional medicine

Indexed keywords

ALKALOID; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; CHALCONE DERIVATIVE; COUMARIN; COUMARIN DERIVATIVE; FLAVANONE DERIVATIVE; FLAVONOID; ISOFLAVONE DERIVATIVE; LIGNAN; PLANT EXTRACT; POLYACETYLENE DERIVATIVE; QUINONE DERIVATIVE; ROTENOID; STEROID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XANTHONE DERIVATIVE;

ANTIMALARIAL ACTIVITY; DRUG POTENCY; DRUG SCREENING; DRUG STRUCTURE; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MALARIA; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; REVIEW;

AFRICA; ANTIMALARIALS; HUMANS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL;

EID: 84898540115     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-13-81     Document Type: Review

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