Survey of medicinal plants used as antimalarials in the Amazon.
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.
Brandão
M G
MG
Laboratório de Farmacognosia, Faculdade de Farmácia, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), Belo Horizonte, Brazil.
Grandi
T S
TS
Rocha
E M
EM
Sawyer
D R
DR
Krettli
A U
AU
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
D000962:Antimalarials; D010936:Plant Extracts