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J Ethnopharmacol
; 95(2-3): 455-7, 2004 Dec.
Artigo
em Inglês
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-15507374
RESUMO
Folklore reports from Afghanistan prior to the wars described the use of aqueous root extracts of Cichorium intybus (L.) as a light-sensitive plant remedy for malaria. Preparative isolation and bioassay against HB3 clone of strain Honduras-1 of Plasmodium falciparum identified the previously known light-sensitive sesquiterpene lactones Lactucin and Lactucopicrin to be antimalarial compounds.