Antimalarial Activity of Tanzanian Medicinal Plants1
- 1 August 1990
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Georg Thieme Verlag KG in Planta Medica
- Vol. 56 (04) , 368-370
- https://doi.org/10.1055/s-2006-960984
Abstract
Tanzanian medicinal plants were extracted and tested for in vitro antimalarial activity, using the multidrug resistant K1 strain of Plasmodium falciparum. Of 49 plants investigated, extracts of three plants were found to have an IC50 between 5-10 µg/ml, extracts of 18 other plants showed an IC50 between 10 and 50 µg/ml, all others were less active. The three most active extracts were obtained from the tubers of Cyperus rotundus L. (Cyperaceae), the rootbark of Hoslundia opposita Vahl. (Labiatae), and the rootbark of Lantana camara L. (Verbenaceae).Keywords
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