Browsing Faculty of Health Sciences (FHS) by Author "Quirynen, L"

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    • The antiplasmodial activity of isolates from Ajuga remota 

      Kuria, KA; Chepkwony, H; Govaerts, C; Roets, E; Busson, R; De Witte, P; Zupko, I; Hoornaert, G; Quirynen, L; Maes, L; Janssens, L; Hoogmartens, J; Laekeman, G (University of Nairobi.Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Nairobi, 2002-05)
      Ajuga remota is the most frequently used medicinal herb for malaria treatment in Kenya. Its two known isolates ajugarin-1 (1) and ergosterol-5,8-endoperoxide (3) and a new isolate 8-O-acetylharpagide (2) were evaluated for ...

    • Cultivating the African plant Ajuga remota in Belgium and confirming its biological activity against Plasmodium falciparum 

      Kuria, K.A.M.; De Proh, M.; Masengo, W.; Kibwage, IO; Quirynen, L; Maes, L; Janssen, L; Hoogmartens, J.; Laekeman, G.M. (2001)
      Ethnobotanical and ethnopharmacological investigations led to identification of Ajuga remota Benth (Lamiaceae) as being fre¬quently used in herbal medicine treatment of malaria in Kenya. The antimalarial activity of the ...