title: Herbal Remedies Connected to Malaria like Fever in Iranian Ancient Medicinal Books- Brief Review Article.
abstract: Malaria is a major international public health problem. Drug-resistant parasites have made treatment and control of malaria more difficult. Therefore, safe, affordable and effective new drugs are urgently needed. Traditional medicine is an important source for new drugs. Determining the ancient medicinal books was the first step of this study for finding malaria or disease that has symptoms like malaria. Then the plants that used to treat "Ghebbe Khalesseh fever" were listed. Finally, recent antimalarial researches were explored. About 31 plants were identified. Information from these resources is valuable for the selection of plants for antiplasmodial screening programs.
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Traditional Pharmacy, School of Traditional Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Azadeh
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ghiaee
authors.affiliation: Traditional Medicine and Materia Medica Research Centre (TMRC), Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences. Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Farzaneh
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Naghibi
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Traditional Pharmacy, School of Traditional Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Somayeh
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Esmaeili
authors.affiliation: Traditional Medicine and Materia Medica Research Centre (TMRC), Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences. Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Mahmoud
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mosaddegh
keywords: Malaria; Medicinal plant; Plasmodium; Traditional medicine