ANTIPROTOZOAL ACTIVITY OF EXTRACTS OF (CELASTRACEAE).
Journal:
African journal of traditional, complementary, and alternative medicines : AJTCAM
PMID:
28852732
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Chagas disease, amebiasis, giardiasis and trichomoniasis represent a serious health problem in Latin America. The drugs employed to treat these illnesses produce important side effects and resistant strains have appeared. The present study was aimed to evaluate the antiprotozoal activity of leaves, stem bark and root bark of , a celastraceus, that is used in Mexico as an anti-infective in febrile-type diseases.