In vitro antimalarial activity of extracts of some plants from a biological reserve in Costa Rica

Treatment with the usual antimalarial drugs, have induced parasite resistance, reinforcing the need to finding natural antimalarial components that would be found on plants from the forest. Therefore, we decided to look for these components in Costa Rican plants from a protected forest area. Fresh a...

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Main Authors: Misael Chinchilla, Idalia Valerio, Ronald Sánchez, Víctor Mora, Vanessa Bagnarello, Laura Martínez, Antonieta Gonzalez, Juan Carlos Vanegas, Álvaro Apestegui
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Vicerractoría Investigación 2012-06-01
Series:Revista de Biología Tropical
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-77442012000200029