Ampelozyziphus amazonicus Ducke (Rhamnaceae), a medicinal plant used to prevent malaria in the Amazon Region, hampers the development of Plasmodium berghei sporozoites

Most medicinal plants used against malaria in endemic areas aim to treat the acute symptoms of the disease such as high temperature fevers with periodicity and chills. In some endemic areas of the Brazilian Amazon region one medicinal plant seems to be an exception: Ampelozyziphus amazonicus, locall...

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Veröffentlicht in:	International journal for parasitology 2008-11, Vol.38 (13), p.1505-1511
Hauptverfasser:	Andrade-Neto, V.F., Brandão, M.G.L., Nogueira, F., Rosário, V.E., Krettli, A.U.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Amazon region Ampelozyziphus amazonicus Animals Anopheles Anopheles stephensi Antimalarial drugs Antimalarials - therapeutic use Biological and medical sciences Brazil Female Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology Humans Life cycle. Host-agent relationship. Pathogenesis Malaria Malaria - drug therapy Malaria - parasitology Malaria - prevention & control Male Medicinal plants Mice Plant Extracts - therapeutic use Plants, Medicinal - chemistry Plasmodium berghei Plasmodium berghei - drug effects Plasmodium berghei - growth & development Protozoa Rhamnaceae - chemistry Sporozoites - drug effects Sporozoites - growth & development
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