Antimalarial medicinal plants
- Author
- Azamal Husen
- Publication Year
- 2024
- Publisher
- CRC Press
- Language
- English
- Document Type
- Book
- Faculty / Subject Heading
- Medical Science
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Malaria continues to affect a large population of the world, especially in third world countries. The spread of drug-resistant parasites demonstrates the need for antimalarial agents with various modes of action. The search for remedies derived from medicinal plants for the treatment of malaria is reliant on accurate ethnobotanical and ethnopharmacological information obtained from traditional medical practitioners. Antimalarial Medicinal Plants provides information on bioactive compounds and therapeutic potentials of several antimalarial plant species found around the globe. This book evaluates these plant species with respect to their biology, diversity, distribution, and pharmacological values.
Keywords: Pharmacognosy / Natural products / Biological factors / Malaria / Antipaludiques / Medicinal plants / Paludisme / Plantes médicinales / Plants, Medicinal / Traditional medicine
