title: Survey of medicinal plants used as antimalarials in the Amazon.
abstract: Plants traditionally employed for the treatment of malaria in certain areas of Brazil, where this disease is prevalent, were surveyed by interviewing natives and migrants in the Amazon Region. Forty-one plants used for malarial treatment and/or for the related symptoms (fever and liver disorders) were collected and identified. Given the potential of Brazil's forests and medicinal plants, research on traditional plant-based remedies in this country may lead to the development of new drugs.
authors.affiliation: Laboratório de Farmacognosia, Faculdade de Farmácia, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), Belo Horizonte, Brazil.
authors.forename: M G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Brandão
authors.forename: T S
authors.initials: TS
authors.lastname: Grandi
authors.forename: E M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Rocha
authors.forename: D R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Sawyer
authors.forename: A U
authors.initials: AU
authors.lastname: Krettli
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000962:Antimalarials / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001938:Brazil; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008288:Malaria / Q000628:therapy*; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D010936:Plant Extracts / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use; D010946:Plants, Medicinal / Q000737:chemistry; D010962:Plasmodium berghei / Q000254:growth & development; D010963:Plasmodium falciparum / Q000254:growth & development
chemical_list: D000962:Antimalarials; D010936:Plant Extracts