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Aspidosperma pyrifolium, a medicinal plant from the Brazilian caatinga, displays a high antiplasmodial activity and low cytotoxicity

BACKGROUND: Several species of Aspidosperma plants are referred to as remedies for the treatment of malaria, especially Aspidosperma nitidum. Aspidosperma pyrifolium, also a medicinal plant, is used as a natural anti-inflammatory. Its fractionated extracts were assayed in vitro for activity against...

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Autores principales: Ceravolo, Isabela P., Zani, Carlos L., Figueiredo, Flávio J. B., Kohlhoff, Markus, Santana, Antônio E. G., Krettli, Antoniana U.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6257952/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30477525
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12936-018-2568-y