Preliminary assessment of medicinal plants used as antimalarials in the southeastern Venezuelan Amazon
Eighteen species of medicinal plants used in the treatment of malaria in Bolívar State, Venezuela were recorded and they belonged to Compositae, Meliaceae, Anacardiaceae, Bixaceae, Boraginaceae, Caricaceae, Cucurbitaceae, Euphorbiaceae, Leguminosae, Myrtaceae, Phytolaccaceae, Plantaginaceae, Scrophu...
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| author | Caraballo Alejandro Caraballo Brigida Rodríguez-Acosta Alexis |
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| description | Eighteen species of medicinal plants used in the treatment of malaria in Bolívar State, Venezuela were recorded and they belonged to Compositae, Meliaceae, Anacardiaceae, Bixaceae, Boraginaceae, Caricaceae, Cucurbitaceae, Euphorbiaceae, Leguminosae, Myrtaceae, Phytolaccaceae, Plantaginaceae, Scrophulariaceae, Solanaceae and Verbenaceae families. Antimalarial plant activities have been linked to a range of compounds including anthroquinones, berberine, flavonoids, limonoids, naphthquinones, sesquiterpenes, quassinoids, indol and quinoline alkaloids. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-342c79bb3509408b84847bc7fa9742912022-12-22T00:14:12ZengSociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT)Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical0037-86821678-98492004-01-01372186188Preliminary assessment of medicinal plants used as antimalarials in the southeastern Venezuelan AmazonCaraballo AlejandroCaraballo BrigidaRodríguez-Acosta AlexisEighteen species of medicinal plants used in the treatment of malaria in Bolívar State, Venezuela were recorded and they belonged to Compositae, Meliaceae, Anacardiaceae, Bixaceae, Boraginaceae, Caricaceae, Cucurbitaceae, Euphorbiaceae, Leguminosae, Myrtaceae, Phytolaccaceae, Plantaginaceae, Scrophulariaceae, Solanaceae and Verbenaceae families. Antimalarial plant activities have been linked to a range of compounds including anthroquinones, berberine, flavonoids, limonoids, naphthquinones, sesquiterpenes, quassinoids, indol and quinoline alkaloids.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0037-86822004000200016EthnomedicinePhytotherapeuticMedicinal plantsMalariaVenezuelan amazon |
| spellingShingle | Caraballo Alejandro Caraballo Brigida Rodríguez-Acosta Alexis Preliminary assessment of medicinal plants used as antimalarials in the southeastern Venezuelan Amazon Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical Ethnomedicine Phytotherapeutic Medicinal plants Malaria Venezuelan amazon |
| title | Preliminary assessment of medicinal plants used as antimalarials in the southeastern Venezuelan Amazon |
| title_full | Preliminary assessment of medicinal plants used as antimalarials in the southeastern Venezuelan Amazon |
| title_fullStr | Preliminary assessment of medicinal plants used as antimalarials in the southeastern Venezuelan Amazon |
| title_full_unstemmed | Preliminary assessment of medicinal plants used as antimalarials in the southeastern Venezuelan Amazon |
| title_short | Preliminary assessment of medicinal plants used as antimalarials in the southeastern Venezuelan Amazon |
| title_sort | preliminary assessment of medicinal plants used as antimalarials in the southeastern venezuelan amazon |
| topic | Ethnomedicine Phytotherapeutic Medicinal plants Malaria Venezuelan amazon |
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