Antimalarial ethnopharmacology in the Brazilian Amazon
The preoccupation to find new drugs for the treatment of malaria is increasing steadily due to the resistance of the parasite, which is a threat to disease control, The present study describes a literature review on the antimalarial ethnopharmacology (Anti-Plasmodium falciparum - in vitro) of the Br...
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author | Dionatas Ulises de Oliveira Meneguetti Renildo Moura da Cunha Renato Abreu Lima Flávio Augusto de Souza Oliveira Daniel Sol Sol de Medeiros Guilherme Matos Passarini Patrícia Soares de Maria de Medeiros Júlio Sancho Linhares Teixeira Militão Valdir Alves Facundo |
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description | The preoccupation to find new drugs for the treatment of malaria is increasing steadily due to the resistance of the parasite, which is a threat to disease control, The present study describes a literature review on the antimalarial ethnopharmacology (Anti-Plasmodium falciparum - in vitro) of the Brazilian Amazon plants, It was found a great diversity of plant species in the Brazilian Amazon with potential for research of new herbal and secondary metabolites with antiplasmodial action, in addition to treating other neglected parasitic diseases, However, for these studies is needed in addition to financial support, the interaction between different laboratories and research groups for the formation of multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary teams, which will enhance the research level in the region and increase the likelihood of new antimalarial drugs discovery. |
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spelling | doaj.art-ff06e3a8e2de4a9b8015c49ed73741432022-12-21T20:07:20ZengSão Paulo State University (UNESP)Revista de Ciências Farmacêuticas Básica e Aplicada1808-45322179-443X2014-09-01344577587Antimalarial ethnopharmacology in the Brazilian AmazonDionatas Ulises de Oliveira Meneguetti0Renildo Moura da Cunha1Renato Abreu Lima2Flávio Augusto de Souza Oliveira3Daniel Sol Sol de Medeiros4Guilherme Matos Passarini5Patrícia Soares de Maria de Medeiros6Júlio Sancho Linhares Teixeira Militão7Valdir Alves Facundo8Universidade Federal de RondôniaUniversidade Federal de RondôniaUniversidade Federal de RondôniaUniversidade Federal de RondôniaUniversidade Federal de RondôniaUniversidade Federal de RondôniaUniversidade Federal de RondôniaUniversidade Federal de RondôniaUniversidade Federal de RondôniaThe preoccupation to find new drugs for the treatment of malaria is increasing steadily due to the resistance of the parasite, which is a threat to disease control, The present study describes a literature review on the antimalarial ethnopharmacology (Anti-Plasmodium falciparum - in vitro) of the Brazilian Amazon plants, It was found a great diversity of plant species in the Brazilian Amazon with potential for research of new herbal and secondary metabolites with antiplasmodial action, in addition to treating other neglected parasitic diseases, However, for these studies is needed in addition to financial support, the interaction between different laboratories and research groups for the formation of multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary teams, which will enhance the research level in the region and increase the likelihood of new antimalarial drugs discovery.http://serv-bib.fcfar.unesp.br/seer/index.php/Cien_Farm/article/view/3741/3741Plasmodium falciparumDrug therapyEthnopharmacology |
spellingShingle | Dionatas Ulises de Oliveira Meneguetti Renildo Moura da Cunha Renato Abreu Lima Flávio Augusto de Souza Oliveira Daniel Sol Sol de Medeiros Guilherme Matos Passarini Patrícia Soares de Maria de Medeiros Júlio Sancho Linhares Teixeira Militão Valdir Alves Facundo Antimalarial ethnopharmacology in the Brazilian Amazon Revista de Ciências Farmacêuticas Básica e Aplicada Plasmodium falciparum Drug therapy Ethnopharmacology |
title | Antimalarial ethnopharmacology in the Brazilian Amazon |
title_full | Antimalarial ethnopharmacology in the Brazilian Amazon |
title_fullStr | Antimalarial ethnopharmacology in the Brazilian Amazon |
title_full_unstemmed | Antimalarial ethnopharmacology in the Brazilian Amazon |
title_short | Antimalarial ethnopharmacology in the Brazilian Amazon |
title_sort | antimalarial ethnopharmacology in the brazilian amazon |
topic | Plasmodium falciparum Drug therapy Ethnopharmacology |
url | http://serv-bib.fcfar.unesp.br/seer/index.php/Cien_Farm/article/view/3741/3741 |
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