Phytochemical isolation of compounds from <i>Sceletium tortuosum</i> and activity testing against <i>Plasmodium falciparum</i>
Malaria is a major health care problem in tropical regions due to the increasing resistance of Plasmodium falciparum against widely available antimalarial drugs. Traditional societies relied on medicinal plants to treat parasitic infections. As a result, drugs like quinine and artemisinin were isol...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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2012-06-01
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| Series: | Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research |
| Online Access: | https://ojvr.org/index.php/ojvr/article/view/481 |