In vivo Antiplasmodial Activity of Crude Ethanolic and N-hexane Extracts of Moringa oleifera Leaves
| Autor: | Adesola Adetutu Ajayi, T. Awofeso, Grace I. Olasehinde, L. O. Egwari, Opeyemi Isaac Ayanda |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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0301 basic medicine
biology Traditional medicine 030231 tropical medicine 030106 microbiology Negative control biology.organism_classification Body weight Hexane Moringa 03 medical and health sciences chemistry.chemical_compound 0302 clinical medicine chemistry In vivo Chloroquine Botany medicine Extraction methods Plasmodium berghei General Agricultural and Biological Sciences medicine.drug |
| Zdroj: | International Journal of Agriculture and Biology. :906-910 |
| ISSN: | 1814-9596 1560-8530 |
| DOI: | 10.17957/ijab/15.0161 |
| Popis: | This study was carried out to determine the antiplasmodial activity of leaves of Moringa oleifera. Cold extraction method was carried out on grindedleaves to prepare the crude ethanolic and n-hexane extracts. Mice models (Mus musculus) were passaged with chloroquine resistant Plasmodium berghei,which are similar in morphology, physiology and life cycle to P. falciparumthat infect humans. Stock solutions of 5mg/mL5% DMSO were prepared and the extracts wereadministered atdifferent treatment concentrations, 50mg/kg, 100mg/kgand 200mg/kg body weight over 4days. Positive and negative control groups, Chloroquine diphosphate (25mg/kg) and 5% DMSO,respectively were set up. Crude ethanolic and n-hexane extracts of M. oleiferashowed anti-plasmodial activity at the three different concentrations used. Both crude ethanolic and n-hexane extracts of M. oleiferaleaves showed a significant inhibition of parasitaemia (p < 0.05) ranging from 74.7 to 95.6% for ethanolic extract and 59.3 to 87.9% for n-hexane extract. EC50value of crude ethanolic and n-hexane extractswere 32mg/kg and 42mg/kg body weight,respectively. M.oleifera showed potential for possible future use as an alternative to some conventional drugs.© 2016 Friends Science Publishers |
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