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ArticleHeliyon2022

Assessment of antimalarial medicinal plants used in Nigerian ethnomedicine reveals antimalarial potential of

Chinelo Ezeani, Ifeoma Ezenyi, Nekpen Erhunse, Dinkar Sahal, Theophine Akunne, Charles Okoli

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Article in Heliyon, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Review
  2. Pharmaceutics · 2024
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  3. The Effects ofMicroorganisms · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Chinelo EzeaniDepartment of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Enugu State, Nigeria.
Ifeoma EzenyiDepartment of Pharmacology and Toxicology, National Institute for Pharmaceutical Research and Development, Idu, Abuja, Nigeria.
Nekpen ErhunseDepartment of Biochemistry, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Benin, Benin-city, Edo State, Nigeria.
Dinkar SahalMalaria Drug Discovery Group, International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, New Delhi, 110067, India.
Theophine AkunneDepartment of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Enugu State, Nigeria.
Charles OkoliDepartment of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Enugu State, Nigeria.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Medicinal plants are often used to treat malaria in different parts of Nigeria and exploiting these can unravel new therapeutic leads. This study evaluated the antiplasmodial potential of selected plants used to treat malaria in Nsukka, Enugu state, Nigeria. Leaves of three different plants (

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AntimalarialCurcubita pepoEthnomedicineMedicinal plantsNigeria

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PMID35856000
PMCPMC9287786

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