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:	Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ) 1991-01-01
Series:	Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
Subjects:	antimalarials drug therapy natural products plant extracts drug screening Plasmodium berghei curcubita maxima Momordica charantia Cucurbitaceae
Online Access:	http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02761991000600040

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