Bioassay-guided fractionation of Artemisia afra for in vitro antimalarial activity against Plasmodium falciparum

With the increase in recent years in the prevalence of malaria, and in drug resistance of Plasmodium falciparum, there has been much interest in natural plant products for new antimalarials with novel modes of action against Plasmodium. Artemisinin or Qinghaosu is one such antimalarial isolated from...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Abrahams, Meryl Arlene
Other Authors: Folb, Peter I
Format: Dissertation
Language:English
Published: University of Cape Town 2017
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/11427/26263