Antimalarial activity of plant metabolites

WH Pan, XY Xu, N Shi, SW Tsang… - International Journal of …, 2018 - mdpi.com
Malaria, as a major global health problem, continues to affect a large number of people each
year, especially those in developing countries. Effective drug discovery is still one of the …

Antimalarial plants used across Kenyan communities

T Omara - Evidence‐Based Complementary and Alternative …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Malaria is one of the serious health problems in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. Its treatment
has been met with chronic failure due to pathogenic resistance to the currently available …

[HTML][HTML] Medicinal plants used for management of malaria among the Luhya community of Kakamega East sub-County, Kenya

N Mukungu, K Abuga, F Okalebo, R Ingwela… - Journal of …, 2016 - Elsevier
Background Malaria remains a major health problem worldwide especially in sub-Saharan
Africa. In Kenya, 80% of the population is at risk of contracting the disease. Pregnant …

Plants as antimalarial agents in Sub-Saharan Africa

KC Chinsembu - Acta tropica, 2015 - Elsevier
Although the burden of malaria is decreasing, parasite resistance to current antimalarial
drugs and resistance to insecticides by vector mosquitoes threaten the prospects of malaria …

In vivo antimalarial activity of crude extracts and solvent fractions of leaves of Strychnos mitis in Plasmodium berghei infected mice

S Fentahun, E Makonnen, T Awas, M Giday - BMC Complementary and …, 2017 - Springer
Background Malaria is a major public health problem in the world which is responsible for
death of millions particularly in sub-Saharan Africa. Today, the control of malaria has …

Studies on activities and chemical characterization of medicinal plants in search for new Antimalarials: a ten year review on Ethnopharmacology

IP Ceravolo, AC Aguiar, JO Adebayo… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Malaria is an endemic disease that affected 229 million people and caused 409 thousand
deaths, in 2019. Disease control is based on early diagnosis and specific treatment with …

Cytotoxicity of the methanol extracts of Elephantopus mollis, Kalanchoe crenata and 4 other Cameroonian medicinal plants towards human carcinoma cells

V Kuete, FW Fokou, O Karaosmanoğlu… - … and alternative medicine, 2017 - Springer
Background Cancer still constitutes one of the major health concerns globally, causing
serious threats on patients, their families, and the healthcare system. Methods In this study …

[HTML][HTML] Biological activities of plant extracts from Ficus elastica and Selaginella vogelli: An antimalarial, antitrypanosomal and cytotoxity evaluation

JEM Teinkela, XS Noundou, EL Nguemfo… - Saudi journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
The cytotoxic, antiplasmodial, and antitrypanosomal activities of two medicinal plants
traditionally used in Cameroon were evaluated. Wood of Ficus elastica Roxb. ex Hornem …

Indigenous medicinal plants used in folk medicine for malaria treatment in Kwara State, Nigeria: an ethnobotanical study

IO Evbuomwan, O Stephen Adeyemi… - … Medicine and Therapies, 2023 - Springer
Background Folk medicine is crucial to healthcare delivery in the underdeveloped countries.
It is frequently used as a primary treatment option or as a complementary therapy for …

In vitro and in vivo anti-malarial activity of plants from the Brazilian Amazon

RBS Lima, LF Rocha e Silva, MRS Melo, JS Costa… - Malaria journal, 2015 - Springer
Background The anti-malarials quinine and artemisinin were isolated from traditionally used
plants (Cinchona spp. and Artemisia annua, respectively). The synthetic quinoline anti …