ABSTRACT
Sixty-six extracts of 18 plants commonly used by traditional healers in Congo Brazzaville for the treatment of malaria have been investigated for in vitro antiplasmodial activity. Ethanolic and dichloromethane extracts of 7 among the 18 studied plants were moderately active (10 microg/mlSubject(s)
Antimalarials/isolation & purification
, Antimalarials/pharmacology
, Medicine, African Traditional
, Plants, Medicinal
, Cell Line, Tumor
, Congo
, Erythrocytes/drug effects
, Erythrocytes/parasitology
, Humans
, Plant Extracts/isolation & purification
, Plant Extracts/pharmacology
, Plant Structures