Antagonistic antimalarial properties of pawpaw leaf aqueous extract in combination with artesunic acid in Plasmodium berghei-infected mice

Background & objectives: Artemisinins, the main stay in the treatment of malaria are used in combinationswith other antimalarials to forestall resistance, as artemisinin-combination therapies (ACTs). However, ACTsare expensive and some of the non-artemisinin components are not well-tolerated by...

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Main Author: L.O. Onaku, A.A. Attama, V.C. Okore, A.Y. Tijani, A.A. Ngene & C.O. Esimone
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2011-06-01
Series:Journal of Vector Borne Diseases
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Online Access:http://www.mrcindia.org/journal/issues/482096.pdf