Evaluation of Plant Extracts for Antileishmanial Activity using a Mechanism-Based Radiorespirometric Microtechnique (RAM)
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- 1 October 1992
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Georg Thieme Verlag KG in Planta Medica
- Vol. 58 (05) , 436-441
- https://doi.org/10.1055/s-2006-961508
Abstract
Extracts of eleven plants used in Nigerian traditional medicine have been evaluated for possible antileishmanial activity using a radiorespirometric microtest technique based on in vitro inhibition of catabolism of 14CO2, from a battery of 14C-substrates by promastigotes. Of 13 methanol extracts tested, 5 from Gongronema latifolia, Dorstenia multiradiata, Picralima nitida. Cola attiensis, and Desmodium gangeticnm, were active at concentrations of 50 µg/ml or less against a visceral Leishmaniaisolate.Keywords
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