Literature DB >> 15094909

Preliminary assessment of medicinal plants used as antimalarials in the southeastern Venezuelan Amazon.

Alejandro Caraballo1, Brigida Caraballo, Alexis Rodríguez-Acosta.   

Abstract

Eighteen species of medicinal plants used in the treatment of malaria in Bolívar State, Venezuela were recorded and they belonged to Compositae, Meliaceae, Anacardiaceae, Bixaceae, Boraginaceae, Caricaceae, Cucurbitaceae, Euphorbiaceae, Leguminosae, Myrtaceae, Phytolaccaceae, Plantaginaceae, Scrophulariaceae, Solanaceae and Verbenaceae families. Antimalarial plant activities have been linked to a range of compounds including anthroquinones, berberine, flavonoids, limonoids, naphthquinones, sesquiterpenes, quassinoids, indol and quinoline alkaloids.

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Year:  2004        PMID: 15094909     DOI: 10.1590/s0037-86822004000200016

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Rev Soc Bras Med Trop        ISSN: 0037-8682            Impact factor:   1.581


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