J Ethnopharmacol. 2016 Jul 30. pii: S0378-8741(16)30508-6. doi: 10.1016/j.jep.2016.07.077. [Epub ahead of print]
- 1Department
of Agriculture, Food and Environment, University of Pisa, via del
Borghetto 80, 56124 Pisa, Italy. Electronic address:
benelli.giovanni@gmail.com.
- 2School of Pharmacy, University of Camerino, Camerino, Italy. Electronic address: filippo.maggi@unicam.it.
- 3Department of Environmental Biology, Sapienza University, Rome, Italy. Electronic address: marcello.nicoletti@uniroma1.it.
Abstract
Prof. Philippe Rasoanaivo was a highly dedicated and brilliant scientist in the field of ethnopharmacology.
He worked for the Institut Malgache de Recherches Appliquées and the
University of Antananarivo, Madagascar. His research was mainly focused
on the endemic medicinal and aromatic plants used by traditional healers
in Madagascar against a range of parasites, with special reference to
Plasmodium spp. In this Editorial, we resumed the key findings of his
research activity, with special reference to the discovery of alkaloids
that markedly enhance the action of chloroquine against malaria
parasites.
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KEYWORDS:
Alkaloids; Brain disorders; Epilepsy; Madagascar; Malaria; Plasmodium
