Preliminary assessment of medicinal plants used as antimalarials in the southeastern Venezuelan Amazon.
Eighteen species of medicinal plants used in the treatment of malaria in Bolívar State, Venezuela were recorded and they belonged to Compositae, Meliaceae, Anacardiaceae, Bixaceae, Boraginaceae, Caricaceae, Cucurbitaceae, Euphorbiaceae, Leguminosae, Myrtaceae, Phytolaccaceae, Plantaginaceae, Scrophulariaceae, Solanaceae and Verbenaceae families. Antimalarial plant activities have been linked to a range of compounds including anthroquinones, berberine, flavonoids, limonoids, naphthquinones, sesquiterpenes, quassinoids, indol and quinoline alkaloids.
Caraballo
Alejandro
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Departamento de Botánica, Facultad de Agronomía, Universidad del Zulia, Maracaibo, Venezuela.
Caraballo
Brigida
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Rodríguez-Acosta
Alexis
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D000962:Antimalarials; D008288:Malaria / Q000188:drug therapy; D008517:Phytotherapy; D010936:Plant Extracts; D010946:Plants, Medicinal; D014687:Venezuela
D000962:Antimalarials; D010936:Plant Extracts