Whole plant extracts versus single compounds for the treatment of malaria: synergy and positive interactions.
BACKGROUND: In traditional medicine whole plants or mixtures of plants are used rather than isolated compounds. There is evidence that crude plant extracts often have greater in vitro or/and in vivo antiplasmodial activity than isolated constituents at an equivalent dose. The aim of this paper is to...
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Format: | Journal article |
Language: | English |
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BioMed Central
2011
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