Not ordinary antimalarial drugs: Madagascar plant decoctions potentiating the chloroquine action against Plasmodium parasites

Industrial Crops and Products

Volumn 103, Issue , 2017, Pages 19-38

  Benelli, Giovanni ^a   Maggi, Filippo ^b   Petrelli, Riccardo ^b   Canale, Angelo ^a   Nicoletti, Marcello ^c   Rakotosaona, Rianasoambolanoro ^d   Rasoanaivo, Philippe ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMERINO   (Italy)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^d INSTITUT MALGACHE DE RECHERCHES APPLIQUÉES   (Madagascar)

Author keywords

Alkaloids; Antiplasmodial activity; Artemisinin; Chemosensitizer; Chloroquine resistant Plasmodium falciparum; Verapamil

Indexed keywords

ALKALOIDS; DISEASES; DRUG THERAPY; MALARIA CONTROL; METABOLITES;

ANTIPLASMODIAL ACTIVITY; ARTEMISININ; CHEMOSENSITIZER; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; VERAPAMIL;

PLANT EXTRACTS;

ALKALOID; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; CHEMICAL COMPOUND; DISEASE VECTOR; DRUG RESISTANCE; MALARIA; MEDICINAL PLANT; MORTALITY; PATHOGEN; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT PRODUCT;

MADAGASCAR;

ANOPHELES (GENUS); PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM PARASITES;

EID: 85016484586     PISSN: 09266690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.indcrop.2017.03.032     Document Type: Review

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