IN-VITRO TRYPANOCIDAL ACTIVITY OF SOME RARE TANZANIAN MEDICINAL-PLANTS

Authors
FREIBURGHAUS F JONKER SA NKUNYA MHH MWASUMBI LB BRUN R
Citation
F. Freiburghaus et al., IN-VITRO TRYPANOCIDAL ACTIVITY OF SOME RARE TANZANIAN MEDICINAL-PLANTS, Acta Tropica, 67(3), 1997, pp. 181-185
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Tropical Medicine",Parasitiology
Journal title
Acta Tropica → ACNP
ISSN journal
0001706X
Volume
67
Issue
3
Year of publication
1997
Pages
181 - 185
Database
ISI
SICI code
0001-706X(1997)67:3<181:ITAOSR>2.0.ZU;2-Q
Abstract
Extracts prepared from 15 rare Tanzanian medicinal plants were tested for their in vitro antitrypanosomal activity against human pathogenic trypanosomes (Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense). Of 37 extracts investig ated, two were found to have strong activity with IC50 values below 1 mu g/ml and ten extracts revealed promising activities with IC50 value s between 1 and 5 mu g/ml. (C) 1997 Elsevier Science B.V.