Parasitostatic effect of maslinic acid. II. Survival increase and immune protection in lethal <it>Plasmodium yoelii</it>-infected mice

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>The anti-malarial activity of maslinic acid (MA), a natural triterpene which has been previously shown to exert a parasitostatic action on <it>Plasmodium falciparum </it>cultures, was analysed <it>in vivo </it>...

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Main Authors: Bautista José M, Marín-García Patricia, Moneriz Carlos, Diez Amalia, Puyet Antonio
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2011-04-01
Series:Malaria Journal
Online Access:http://www.malariajournal.com/content/10/1/103