Antioxidant and anti-plasmodial activity of extracts from three Ugandan medicinal plants
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2010
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Journal of Medicinal Plants Research
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Extracts from three plants; Hallea rubrostipulata, Vernonia adoensis and Zanthoxylum chalybeum, were tested for antioxidant activity using three assays 2,2-Diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH), Ferric Reducing Ability of Plasma (FRAP) and total phenol content) and anti-plasmodial activity using an Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay (ELISA) on Plasmodium falciparum chloroquine sensitive strain MRA-285 line. The objective of the study was to find candidates for making anti-malarial phytomedicines. The water extract of H. rubrostipulata showed very high anti-plasmodial activity (IC50= 1.95 μg/ml) and high antioxidant activity as well. Thirteen other extracts had high anti-plasmodial activity ranging from 2.14 to 3.63 μg/ml (chloroquine IC50= 8 μg/ml). We found high correlation between the different antioxidant essays
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Hallea rubrostipulata, Vernonia adoensis, Zanthoxylum chalybeum, 2,2-Diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl, Fluorescence recovery after photobleaching, Total phenolic compounds
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Stangel, T., Wangensteen, H., Katuura, E., Lye, K. A., & Paulsen, B. S. (2010). Antioxidant and anti-plasmodial activity of extracts from three Ugandan medicinal plants. Journal of Medicinal Plants Research, 4(18), 1916-1923.DOI: 10.5897/JMPR10.446