Screening of the antimalarial activity of plants of the Cucurbitaceae family

Screening of the antimalarial activity of plants of the Cucurbitaceae family

Crude ethanolic extracts (CEEs) from two species of Cucurbitaceae, Cucurbita maxima and Momordica charantia (commonly called "abóbora moranga" and melão de São Caetano", respectively) were assayed for antimalarial activity by the 4-d suppressive test. The CEE of dry C. maxima seeds sh...

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Main Authors: Cláudia Zuany Amorim, Arthur Diaz Marques, Renato Sergio Balão Cordeiro
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde 1991-01-01
Series:Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz.
Subjects:
antimalarials
drug therapy
natural products
plant extracts
drug screening
Plasmodium berghei
curcubita maxima
Momordica charantia
Cucurbitaceae
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