Phytomedicine
Volume 15, Issue 5 , Pages 367-372 , 15 May 2008

In vitro antiplasmodial activity of extract and constituents from Esenbeckia febrifuga, a plant traditionally used to treat malaria in the Brazilian Amazon

  • Maria Fâni Dolabela

      Affiliations

    • Faculdade de Farmácia, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Av. Antônio Carlos, 6627, 31270-901 Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
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  • Salma G. Oliveira

      Affiliations

    • Laboratório de Malária, Instituto Evandro Chagas, BR 316, Km 7, Ananindeua, CEP 67030-070, PA, Brazil
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  • José Maria Nascimento

      Affiliations

    • Laboratório de Malária, Instituto Evandro Chagas, BR 316, Km 7, Ananindeua, CEP 67030-070, PA, Brazil
    • ,
  • José Maria Peres

      Affiliations

    • Laboratório de Malária, Instituto Evandro Chagas, BR 316, Km 7, Ananindeua, CEP 67030-070, PA, Brazil
    • ,
  • Hildebert Wagner

      Affiliations

    • Fakultät für Chemie und Pharmazie der Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Department Pharmazie, Zentrum für Pharmaforschung, Butenandtstraße 5, D-81377 München-Grosshadern, Germany
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  • Marinete Marins Póvoa

      Affiliations

    • Laboratório de Malária, Instituto Evandro Chagas, BR 316, Km 7, Ananindeua, CEP 67030-070, PA, Brazil
    • ,
  • Alaíde Braga de Oliveira

      Affiliations

    • Faculdade de Farmácia, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Av. Antônio Carlos, 6627, 31270-901 Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +553134096972; fax: +553134096935.

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doi: 10.1016/j.phymed.2008.02.001

Phytomedicine
Volume 15, Issue 5 , Pages 367-372 , 15 May 2008

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