Background & objectives: Disease burden due to lymphatic filariasis is disproportionately
high despite mass drug administration with conventional drugs. Usage of herbal drugs in
traditional medicine is quite well known but largely empirical. Hence the present study was
designed to screen the in vitro antifilarial effect of four herbal plants on Brugia malayi.
Methods: Motility of microfilariae of B. malayi after incubation for 48 h with
aqueous/methanol extracts of Vitex negundo L.(roots), Butea monosperma L.(roots and …