In vivo antiplasmodial and toxicological effect of crude ethanol extract of Echinops kebericho traditionally used in treatment of malaria in Ethiopia

Malaria Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Toma, Alemayehu ^a   Deyno, Serawit ^a   Fikru, Abrham ^a   Eyado, Amalework ^b   Beale, Andrew ^c  

^a HAWASSA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^c AuthorAID Mentor   (Mozambique)

Author keywords

Anti malarial activity; Echinops kebericho; Parasitaemia; Plasmodium berghei

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; CHLOROQUINE; ECHINOPS KEBERICHO EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIMALARIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; ECHINOPS KEBERICHO; ETHIOPIA; HEMATOCRIT; IN VIVO STUDY; LD50; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARASITEMIA; PLANT ROOT; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI INFECTION; SURVIVAL TIME; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ANIMAL; ASTERACEAE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; LONGEVITY; MALARIA; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PARASITOLOGY; PHYTOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; ANTIMALARIALS; ASTERACEAE; BODY WEIGHT; ETHIOPIA; HEMATOCRIT; LONGEVITY; MALARIA; MALE; MICE; PARASITEMIA; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT ROOTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI;

EID: 84934889144     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12936-015-0716-1     Document Type: Article

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