Treatment of cutaneous leishmaniasis with methanol extract of Allium sativa [garlic], Azadirachta indica [Neem] and Accacia nilotica [Garad] in Gezira Central of Sudan

ABSTRACT

To assess the in vivo treatment of cutaneous leishmaniasis using certain medicinal agents and non medicinal agents in Gezira State, Sudan. To evaluate the in vivo anti-lesihmanial activity of certain plant extracts that used traditionally in Sudan [Azadirachta indica [neem], Accacia nilotica [garad], Allium sativa [garlic, Thoum]]. A total of 72 cases with cutaneous leishmanisis were studied in Wad Madani Dermatology Teaching Hospital [September 1999 - December 2000]. They were from different parts of the Gezira state. The patients were interviewed and examined followed a special designed questionnaire. The cases showed different types of lesions with different duration and appeared in different areas of the body. The cases divided equally into six main groups [12 for each] for treatment with different agents including medicinal agents and plant methanol extracts