Medicinal Plants as a Source of Antiplasmodial Compounds

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Autor(a) principal: Ramalhete, Cátia
Data de Publicação: 2008
Outros Autores: Lopes, D, Mulhovo, S, Rosário, V, Ferreira, MJU
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10884/478
Resumo: Infectious diseases caused by bacteria, fungi, viruses and parasites are a major threat to public health, despite great progress in therapy. The impact of infectious diseases is especially important in developing countries, where drugs are limited and the emergence of widespread drug resistance is a reality.1 Malaria is a major parasitic disease in the tropical and subtropical regions of the world. It is responsible for over 1 million deaths per year and approximately 3.2 billion people are presently at risk in several countries.2 An example is Mozambique, one of the ten most affected nations. In this country, malaria is the most common disease and the primary cause of morbidity and mortality. To a large majority of people in Mozambique, the treatment is mainly based on traditional medicine. In fact, from Mozambique’s approximately 5500 plant species, up to 10 percent have been identified as being used to treat parasitic diseases such as malaria or its symptoms.3 However, few phytochemical studies have yet been published. The aim of this study was to carry out a scientific evaluation of the claimed antimalarial properties of plants used in traditional medicine against malaria and fever, in order to validate their use and to determine their potential as new sources of antimalarial drugs.
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title Medicinal Plants as a Source of Antiplasmodial Compounds
spellingShingle Medicinal Plants as a Source of Antiplasmodial Compounds
Ramalhete, Cátia
Medicinal plants
Antiplasmodial
title_short Medicinal Plants as a Source of Antiplasmodial Compounds
title_full Medicinal Plants as a Source of Antiplasmodial Compounds
title_fullStr Medicinal Plants as a Source of Antiplasmodial Compounds
title_full_unstemmed Medicinal Plants as a Source of Antiplasmodial Compounds
title_sort Medicinal Plants as a Source of Antiplasmodial Compounds
author Ramalhete, Cátia
author_facet Ramalhete, Cátia
Lopes, D
Mulhovo, S
Rosário, V
Ferreira, MJU
author_role author
author2 Lopes, D
Mulhovo, S
Rosário, V
Ferreira, MJU
author2_role author
author
author
author
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Ramalhete, Cátia
Lopes, D
Mulhovo, S
Rosário, V
Ferreira, MJU
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Medicinal plants
Antiplasmodial
topic Medicinal plants
Antiplasmodial
description Infectious diseases caused by bacteria, fungi, viruses and parasites are a major threat to public health, despite great progress in therapy. The impact of infectious diseases is especially important in developing countries, where drugs are limited and the emergence of widespread drug resistance is a reality.1 Malaria is a major parasitic disease in the tropical and subtropical regions of the world. It is responsible for over 1 million deaths per year and approximately 3.2 billion people are presently at risk in several countries.2 An example is Mozambique, one of the ten most affected nations. In this country, malaria is the most common disease and the primary cause of morbidity and mortality. To a large majority of people in Mozambique, the treatment is mainly based on traditional medicine. In fact, from Mozambique’s approximately 5500 plant species, up to 10 percent have been identified as being used to treat parasitic diseases such as malaria or its symptoms.3 However, few phytochemical studies have yet been published. The aim of this study was to carry out a scientific evaluation of the claimed antimalarial properties of plants used in traditional medicine against malaria and fever, in order to validate their use and to determine their potential as new sources of antimalarial drugs.
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